When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states.

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.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

We may struggle and suffer or we may struggle and win, but the end always remains the end.

Belief... was its own magic-so long as it was carefully placed, often examined, like a bridge kept in careful repair.

I came to teaching late - not until my forties - which is one reason why I'm not burned out.

I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.

I love the work I do.

A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.

A priest can achieve great victories with an army of women at his command.

Vision is a conception that is inspired by God in the hearts of Human

Large organizations cannot be versatile. A large organization is effective through its mass rather than through its agility. Fleas can jump many times their own height, but not an elephant.