I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime.

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.

War's a racket. No doubt. But war is a racket for the politicians, not the soldiers.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.

There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.

No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field (cheers). No other principle makes a good soldier.

Coming to grips with the reality that our planet is not the only one harboring intelligent life the universe.

An interesting question: is it easier to motivate a learned individual that never does anything, or educate an ignorant individual that actually produces things?

It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.

As soon as people become a little less fearful, they will also begin demanding more freedom.

The first book that really knocked me out was the 'Brothers Karamazov.' I read it when I was a senior in high school.