You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.

As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant.

We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.

The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.

Life is difficult.

If an act is not one of work or courage, then it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions.

Most people want peace without the aloneness of [spiritual] power. And they want the self-confidence of adulthood without having to grow up.

She has a beautiful heart that plays a euphonious symphony. She is the Zahir that touches your Soul.

Fear mankind most when he fights with a consuming passion for what he perceives to be true." ~ Demo Cratia.

The war had changed him, inside and out, in ways he could never have fathomed.

I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.

I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic Teutonic glories.

I was toying with the idea of ambivalence a lot. It's something I work on, not being so invested in outcomes and being more engaged in the process of my life.

Here lies my past, Goodbye I have kissed it; Thank you kids, I wouldn't have missed it.

You almost never get the pleasure of seeing that you won the argument in real time. People just don't like to publicly change their minds. They change their minds in private.

My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today.