Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn't threaten you or who you are.
Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.
Follow the grain in your own wood.
Question yourself every day. Ask yourself: Who am I? What have I learned? What have I created? What forward progress have I made? Who have I helped? What am I doing to improve myself – today? To get better, faster, stronger, healthier, smarter?
In our overcrowded homes today, most possessions are not truly "belongings". They are only distracting us from the things that do belong.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.
Growth always involves the risk of failure.
Learn to enjoy things without owning them. Ownership is nothing, access is everything. Visit a library, a park, or a museum.
Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy.
