And those handmade presents that children often bring home from school: They have so much value! The value is that the child put whatever he or she could into making them. The way we parents respond to the giving of such gifts is very important. To the child the gift is really self, and they want so much for their selves to be acceptable, to be loved.

What really matters is not just our own winning but helping other people to win, too.

Anyone who has ever been able to sustain good work has had at least one person--and often many--who have believed in him or her. We just don't get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

To say that you are being carried is a declaration of enormous faith and hope.

We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence.

In appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something truly sacred.