You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

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.

Vulnerability of all the emotions is the one that is most often mistaken for weakness. In reality however the opposite is true

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

I could help you, ” I said. “Counseling, drugs, a religious advisor, a girlfriend.

It's important to have a healthy balanced diet but not to get too bogged down about it. It's important to enjoy your food, too.

It’s well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.

Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

I think in the end we all know that our best friend is ourselves. We are born alone and we die alone. That's the journey.

If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better.

We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.