The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

We are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

Kids are truthful by nature.

We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

There is no way you can think outside of your culture.

Turn away from your animal kind, try to leave your body, just to live in your mind.

A man's diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections.

I love working with kids; I find hope in them.

Women accept their destiny more readily than men.