When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do.

The test of a man is: does he bear apples? Does he bear fruit?

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualizat ion.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

Be independent of the good opinion of other people.