If you know how much reality is getting in, then you know a great deal about what a person sees to be true.

At the root of fear is low self-esteem. This explains why angry people have low self-esteem, are argumentative, stubborn, and quick to flare up yet slow to forgive. Those behaviors are defenses against the underlying fear.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

Sometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves.

When a person gives, he loves the object of his giving more -- and so love is planted and grows.

If you know how much reality is getting in, then you know a great deal about what a person sees to be true.

Never ask advice from someone who has something at stake or something to lose from your decision. The more objective the person is the greater value you should place on the input.