That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.

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.

Circumstances will change but (True) Knowledge [Gnan] will not change.

The impulse to connect the dots - and to share what you've connected - is the urge that makes you an artist

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

Great pains were taken to hide chains with flowers

Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy. So the blame is all yours.

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

For we were little Christian children and early learned the value of forbidden fruit.

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.

Cheer up beautiful people... this is where you get to make it right.