Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they laugh it off.

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.

Live as if today is the last day of your life. Love and be kind as if this is the last chance to express it.

Each time I get off a plane in Hollywood I don't think I'm pretty enough.

We cannot sow seeds with clenched fists. To sow we must open our hands.

We hated the Giants. We just hated the uniform.

Service that is given with little or no thought of personal advantage is an ideal to pursue for a lifetime.

We've got Nancy Pelosi. She never shuts up. It's just occasionally we have to hood her like a falcon so we can get some sleep.

I must have been a really pretentious little girl.

I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.

Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like an impulse.