The problem in America isn't so much what people don't know; the problem is what people think they know that just ain't so.

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.

Killing of an innocent, alike killing of humanity.

I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.

Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.

Let's give discredit where discredit is due.

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.

A house is a home when it shelters the body and comforts the soul.

Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.

Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy.