Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.

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.

I am going to die, but that is of no importance.

Pleasure feels better than pain. Make the pursuit of pleasure your guide.

In the Belgian backwaters, south of Bruges, there lives a reclusive English composer, named Vyvyan Ayrs. You won’t have heard of him because you’re a musical oaf, but he’s one of the greats.

When the stars fall into darkness, I will quietly shine for you.

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.

I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

You have the power. You are the magic wand.

its been a long night" "aren't they all?