Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely

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.

Merit karma is a credit amount and demerit karma is a debit amount [owe the amount to repay]. One is free to spend his accumulated amount wherever he wants.

One of the greatest tragedies I can think of is for a person to die having never fully questioned the life he was born into.

I have done lots of music projects in my life and some of them I am more proud of than others.

We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.

You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.

Bands have always written songs against what they see as wrong. Ronald Reagan really made for a lot of songs.

I want to be sure that if people are coming to a show and paying $100 that I want to give them their money's worth. I try to give 100 percent.

Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.

I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.

I am one of the lucky ones; believe me, I haven't forgotten that.