What we do to others, we do to ourselves..

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

We're still family-owned, which keeps life a whole lot simpler. When my wife and kids and I decide to make a business move, we don't have to ask Wall Street about it.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

I really learned it all from mothers.

I think that so far the political and economic power of the fossil fuel industry has trumped all else.

When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't want to be 'mumsy,' but I'm like, 'Were you always like that or... what happened?

Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.

I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness.

I am trying to think of the last time that I just said, 'What the hell!' and did something crazy.