Spinnin' a rope is fun if your neck ain't in it

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.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Don’t just practice religion, abide by the principles of Christ

Most often we are victims by our own choice.

Don't allow anyone to talk you out from the habit of following your true passion in life. People are not God

I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.

If people really want to find you, they find you.

Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.

Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference.

The industrial revolution took the father out of the home and put the kids in school. And then everyone had their own little scene.

Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen!