“Careful listening is more important than making sounds happen.”

“I can't seem to fathom that the things important to me are not important to other people as well, and so I come off sounding like a missionary, someone whose job it is to convert rather than listen.”

“Do you have agendas for your children that are more important than the children themselves? Lost in the shuffle of uniforms, practices, games, recitals, and performances can be the creative and joyful soul of your child. Watch and listen carefully. Do they have time to daydream? From their dreams will emerge the practices and activities that will make self-discipline as natural as breathing.”

“God's voice is usually nothing more than a whisper and you have to listen very carefully to hear it.”

“To bend, sometimes it's more important to care about somebody than to obey the letter of a rule.”

“I like to listen to music that makes me feel a certain way—either it reminds me of something important that happened or a certain time in my life”