Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life.

When you have only two minutes to say good-bye to the person you love most in the world, and you don’t know when you’ll see each other again, you can become logjammed with the effort to say and do and settle everything at once.

I can see how the authorities could not like Todd [ Willingham], because he's not a person who is going to give you respect if you don't deserve it just because you say something.

He told me that one of the reasons people are so unhappy is they don't talk to themselves. He said you have to keep a conversation going with yourself throughout your life to see how you're doing, to keep your focus, to remain your own friend. He told me that he talked to himself all the time, and that it helped him to grow stronger and better everyday.

I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check.

Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.