Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more, " said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.

Go right to the solution so that there won't be a problem.-Colette

How is it possible to write one's autobiography in a world so fast-changing as this?

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.

You have to find a way to laugh a little bit each day despite everything, or your heart will simply run out of the joy that makes it go.

Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I feel the rain, entertaining white powder.

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.

It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity.

I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature.

It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment.