I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.

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.

Progress means advancement in the path of upliftment – in the path of enlightenment – in the path of humanitarian glory.

Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows.

If being "iron headed" is to be lacking such feelings, then Kant's position is that an ironheaded person could not be a moral agent because such a person would not be rational.

Almost all of us have an elevator or two in our lives somewhere. We wait for them, we ride on them. We're annoyed by the wait but pleased with the lift.

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

There's no effrontery like that of a woman caught in the act; her very guilt inspires her with wrath and insolence.

A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description.

Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.

I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding.