Religion becomes a state of mind achievable in almost any activity of life, if this activity is raised to a suitable level of perfection.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.

She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books.

Remember what your mama told you about honey and vinegar: Be nice, and you’ll catch more flies, if nothing else.

Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.

I realized, "Oh my god, this is an enormous play. And it's almost all me. Big. big chunks of speeches, speeches, speeches." And I started to panic.

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract.

It sounds like a cliche but there are no shorts cuts. You have to be very dedicated and challenge yourself everyday to be better.

Are you taking my hat hostage?

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.