All the happiness, health, and abundance you experience in life comes directly from your ability to love and be loved. This ability is innate, not acquired.

Biologists will teach us that the survival of the species depends on cooperation, not competition.

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

Seek renewal of mind.

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.

I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.

You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.

An index is a great leveller.

Whichever kind of music I was making it was all about the melody anyway. The kind of music I'm making now is the way it is because I'm being 100% honest with myself.

The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.

He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!