One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.

Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.

People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.

Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the "up" button, and see where it takes you.

Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.

This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.

Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.

Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity.

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.

When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.

Life is an adventure - Savor every instant!

I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.

[P]hilosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

When the worst student hears about the Way, he laughs out loud. If he did not laugh, it would be unworthy of being the Way.

The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of [municipal] bonds. The investor pays for it.

By praying with friends, you will be able to hear and see facets of Jesus that you have not yet perceived.

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

Thoughts are mental energy; they're the currency that you have to attract what you desire. You must learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don't want.