I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.

Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. …Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy involved in our emotional pain. To hold it in is to freeze the pain within us. The therapeutic slogan is that grieving is the ‘healing feeling.’

I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.

Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.

Children aren't fooled. They know we give time to the things we love.

To be shame-bound means that whenever you feel any feeling, need or drive, you immediately feel ashamed. The dynamic core of your human life is grounded in your feelings, needs and drives. When these are bound by shame, you are shamed to the core.

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.