Loneliness is a barrier that prevents one from uniting with the inner self.

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.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.

People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are.

What you are to be, you are now becoming.

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.

Twolegs are mad. Even the smallest kit knows that.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

People in love, in whom every sense is open, cannot beat off the influence of a place.

When you try to worry about missteps and all that kind of stuff, that's not the healthiest way to be.

I disagree with what the majority of the American people want.

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.

Carbon made only wants to be unmade.

The pleasure of revenge is a fleeting emotion that is soon replaced by the affliction of conscience.