So it was constantly going back and forth between these two cultures that kept raising the question, well, how important is personal freedom? And I think that has always been of interest to me.

When we speak of choice, what we mean is the ability to exercise control over ourselves and our environment. In order to choose, we must first perceive that control is possible.

We have the ability to create choice by altering our interpretations of the world.

In order to 'hold fast' to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things to practice in a world of so much choice.

Choice is the only tool we have that enables us to go from who we are today to who we want to be tomorrow.

Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciating of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations: that is the art of choosing.

The key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing.

The typical American reports making about 70 [choices] in a typical day.

I pick what are my priorities and I limit those priorities to less than five in my life and really in those particular areas put in the energy to try to make good choices.

Choosing is a creative process, one through which we construct our environment, our lives, ourselves.

The expansion of choice has become an explosion of choice.

Don't see where people are today and think they have always been there

Your soul may be trampled in times of troubles. But if your spirit is strong, you will survive.

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

Anger keeps us down and hinders from moving forward.

No one can say no to your success and happiness because God has already said yes on the day you were born.

It is marvelous to be young on a big city street.

However much I doubted the man's ability to accomplish the task he had set himself, I could not help admiring his faith and his industry.

Those who think too much of themselves don't think enough.

The new illiteracy is about more than not knowing how to read the book or the word; it is about not knowing how to read the world.

Do you cherish your humble and silky life?