This session of Congress is also to relieve the farmer again, relieve him of any encouragement that he might have received during the last one.

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.

I will not exorcise you—I’d miss your fragrance, the soft tread of your step on the stair

Among young people . . . drinking is for getting drunk. And many go on to become alcoholics.

Nothing in my life has ever felt so good, yet hurt so achingly bad.

Be strong to stand alone.

The majority of the world is empty space. Empty space, empty space, empty space. All that we see in the world, the life, the animals, plants, people - it's all empty space. That's amazing!

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

[On the Chicago Cubs:] Being a Cubs fan prepares you for life - and Washington.

Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means; in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends.

The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life.

Be confident enough to encourage confidence in others.