Am I living in a way which is deeply satisfying to me, and which truly expresses me?

We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed.

Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and ourself, a kind of attuning and understanding. When empathy is extended, it satisfies our needs and wish for intimacy, it rescues us from our feelings of aloneness.

I was forced to stretch my thinking, to realize that sincere and honest people could believe in very divergent religious doctrines.

Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable.

Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in himself, the child, or humanity or himself.

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.