children may need challenges and high-risk conditions in order to develop the self-generated immunity to trauma that characterizes survivors. To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

Men are not given awards and promotions for bravery in intimacy.

In the many times I have seen Hillary [Clinton] speak, she never fails to dazzle audiences by speaking in paragraphs, without notes.

Leaders are people we as followers want to regard with awe as the fullest flowering of our own possibilities.

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.