Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom rewarded.

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.

Marriage is deep. Don't marry someone shallow, it will cause both of you to drown

There will always be a desire for something new, fresh and innovative, as well as a yearning and respect for timeless elegance and beauty.

One cannot deal with a problem with the same thinking that creates it.

I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

When we're hurting, it does not give us a license to hurt others.

All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown that the ancients did not know everything.

We should not focus on ideas that divide us and pull us apart.

I will read four or five books at the same time.