The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

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.

Science fiction is not prescriptive

Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling.But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure.

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.

Job feels the rod Yet blesses God.

I don't like people around me sad. I like making people happy.

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.

I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film.

She is a peacock in everything but beauty!

I think I can live without you, but it won't be any kind of life.

It's an honest place to be if you don't understand someone else's experience, but there's no way for the other to understand if a conversation or an explanation isn't made.