There is in every organism, at whatever level, an underlying flow of movement toward constructive fulfillment of its inherent possibilities.

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

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.

Your excitement, motivation, energy, happiness should be dependent on – YOU and YOU ONLY!!!!!

If God were mortal and had but one life to give, he would have been more careful about how he created the world.

Writing a novel is like having a dream.

I just kick off my shoes, walk around barefoot, I don't care if my feet get dirty.

When God overcomes our difficulties for us, we have the assurance that we are engaged in His work and not our own

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

If I can't run my neighborhood you won't want me in your neighborhood.

When the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts.

I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.

And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War.