One of the most common mistakes people make in any conversation is to think about what they want to say next instead of actually listening to what the other person is saying.

Let the conversation flow at its own pace, don't try to rush it or control it. You need to let go and be part of the conversation.

Shared interests are great, but not essential. Shared emotional states are what you're after.

You don't need to crave anything, because you are already everything. It's all here, right now.

The number one reason conversations stall out is that you are not listening well enough.

Science literacy is being plugged into the forces that power the universe. There is no excuse for thinking that the Sun, which is a million times the size of Earth, orbits Earth.

Never swap horses crossing a stream

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.

I think certainly directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times great directors are lacking in communication skills, which is rather shocking to discover that.

I get a bit of a kick out of exporting private enterprise and incentives.

Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system.

Painting transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can't reach.

The endowment and sealing ordinances of the temple are so gloriously rich in meaning that you will want to allow significant time to receive those ordinances and to ponder their meaning.

I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

Fair youth, I would I could make thee believe I love.