Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.

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.

And what is enlightenment anyway but delusions we can live with?

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there, ’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17: 21

On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.

How do we help the church get their respect back? I have a plan: pedophile crucifixions.

Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God.

Sometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences.

David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.

Our days, our deeds, all we achieve or are, Lay folded in our infancy; the things Of good or ill we choose while yet unborn.

The story of Warner Brothers' movie, 'Mildred Pierce,' recounts the enormous and unrewarded sacrifices that a mother (Joan Crawford) makes for her spoiled, greedy daughter (Ann Blythe).

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.