Politics is applesauce.

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 carry the seeds of death within me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love.

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

Genius feels like an over extended Helium balloon about to burst, and everyone criticizes you for not having a conventional way of coping with it.

I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Time never stops for the great ones.

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.

Lobbyists are the touts of protected industries.

I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.