More words ain't good for anything in the world only to bring on more argument.

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 can change your perspective on any experience by given it a positive and empowering meaning.

If I have to be alone I want to be by myself.

Illness or pain is just an extension of negative emotion. When you are no longer feeling any resistance to it, it's a non-issue.

We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires.

Edith Sitwell's interest in art was largely confined to portraits of herself.

Fish must swim thrice--once is the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.

But I think the majority of cows, and even more so chickens and pigs, are leading pretty miserable lives.

the brain works better if the hand works too.

You’re the most important thing in the world to me. I know you don’t believe it, but I’m going to prove it to you.

I am the skeptic of skeptics.