in all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.

Love makes every space sacred and every moment meaningful . . .

It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better - all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.

Happiness is not an acquisition - it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because of how we live each moment.

I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.

Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as from the learned. Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.

I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it's scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.