Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.

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.

Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God.

When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die.

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.

When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.

Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives.

Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.

The plan is not what you think.

I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid.

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the indomitable Irishry.