You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.

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.

Do you wonder about eternal life?

I don't think that anybody really makes films quite like mine. That's maybe true of any filmmaker.

I believe there are so many other disciplines and themes that we still haven't explored yet. It's infinite what we can apply our creativity to.

Passion can’t sustain itself forever.

I don't know how to speak to everybody, only to somebody.

It's all the same, only the names will change, everyday it seems we're wasting away. Another place, where the faces are so cold, I'd drive all night just to get back home.

Man works when he is partially involved. When he is totally involved he is at play or leisure.

If you’re not accountable in life that means ultimately that your life doesn’t count.

The surgeon knows all the parts of the brain but he does not know his patient's dreams.

There's nothing good about divorce.