There is one guaranteed formula for failure, and that is to try to please everyone.

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.

A candle, a book and a peaceful person mean three candles for the world!

Live a fuller life.

Just make as much money as you can, but try your best not to rob or get robbed, it will sweep all that you have and leave your hands empty.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Teaching translation is more of an editing job. You act as editor. But you can have fun with it.

I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this.

There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.

Truth is I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter.

The schoolmaster is termed, classically, Ludi Magister, because he deprives boys of their play.