Noah must have taken into the Ark two taxes, one male and one female. And did they multiply bountifully! Next to guinea pigs, taxes must have been the most prolific animals

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.

A great leader fights with great adversity, suffers greatly, but courageously, and never forget to help others is his ultimate duty.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn!

It isn't poverty that breeds terrorism, but terrorism that breeds poverty.

We all need a splash of bad taste. No taste is what I am against.

I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.

Finally, after more than a year of unprecedented anticipation, the talking stops and the cricket begins.

There's always hope. You can lose everything else in the world, but Jews never lose hope.

My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.

My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!

To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews, the home of golf, is something I will never ever forget.