The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.

To live with the terrible truths about ourselves is the only way of not living them out. A need denied has infinitely more power than a need accepted.

We can win the struggle to avoid responsibility for our personal lives, but if we do, what we lose is our lives.

Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.

It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things.

Every life is a dilemma that must be solved by the person living it.

It is possible to ruin a chicken in the cooking of it, but not easily. Short of burning it or letting it get dried out, you can hardly go wrong.