The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

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.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.

People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are.

What you are to be, you are now becoming.

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried.

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been different.

The boy was still looking at him. "Your family?" he asked.Salva shook his head."Me, too, " the boy said. He sighed, and Salva heard that sigh all the way to his heart.

My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.

I just want to get on the court.

The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.

Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden.

I am a huge advocate of prescription drugs given wisely and for the right reasons and the right diagnosis and also psychotherapy.

Would a NASA reality show "Lunar Shore" be more popular than "Jersey Shore?" Civilization's future depends on that answer.

I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines.

I despise followers of any kind, especially those who follow me.