We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

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 have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.

The sun had begun its descent toward the horizon, and the sounds of the carnival played like a familiar song behind me.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious.

We build in thought the conditions that will later come into manifestation on the physical plane.

There are certain relationships I think I'm great at: I'm the world's greatest daughter. I'm a great relative. I believe I'm a great friend.

But the thing that I saw in your face no power can disinherit: No bomb that ever burst shatters the crystal spirit.

Can it be that action is active resignation? Something is trying to develop; it moves ever so slightly, and there comes your man of action and bashes in the hothouse windows.

The ideas can come from anywhere; the energy just comes from loving what I do.

I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.