Mothers are the only race of people that speak the same tongue. A mother in Manchuria could converse with a mother in Nebraska and never miss a word.

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.

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.

Before she cut her birthday cake, she cast a wish, then blew the candles out from his eyes.

I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.

Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.

I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister.

If you repeat something long enough people believe it's what happened.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

I think I have a newfound respect for what my parents did, to create two players - one who was really good and another who was pretty good.

The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important.

Jesus made me, so he should save me from pity, sympathy and idiots discussing me.