Within the human being there exists both the needful and the needed. You know that the needful exists in you. Your own dissatisfaction tells you so. But you believe the needed is somewhere outside of you.

One of the most important rules for me is: Don't ever defend myself. If we could put this one principle into practice, how much more simple life would be.

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

An unattended mind is the breeding ground of self-defeat.

Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.

Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"