There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income.

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 lack of common sense usually ends in some heroic feat, much like the soldier who dives onto the grenade so that others may live.

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.

Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more.

Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

Strive to realize a state of inward happiness, independent of circumstances.

Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Nothing can go wrong in this world but yourself ; and you can go wrong only by getting into the wrong mental attitude.