You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years.

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.

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.

I really hate it when people want to kill me. It makes me think they don't want to be friends. - Raven from Blood of Prey

There is worldly life where there is competition and where there is no competition, there is ‘Gnan’, (true) Knowledge.

One afternoon, I am complaining about the confusion of my age, what is expected of me versus what I want for myself.

We will fiercely challenge those forces within the education establishment who impede innovation in our schools and who protect and defend inequality and institutional failure.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing.

I feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think 'Oh my God, I'm James Blunt, what have I done?'

Women can explore so much in dressing. But if I was a guy I would wear vintage suits constantly. With crazy ties!

Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child.