you can't say civilization dont 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.

If death is your lover, you don't got to be afraid ever that he will ever leave you

I was much younger, much hungrier, much more alone. But I was myself, pared down to the essentials.

Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is we'll find it.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.

I always loved music and I always loved to perform, and that's my favorite part, to perform; my favorite part is not the studio, I can't stand the studio.

I'm a substitute mom." "You're more like a crazy aunt who only gets called when somebody needs bailing out of jail.

Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.

Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.

Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.