Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain.

Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are.

The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programmed this vulnerability, it's our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.

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

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

The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the most pernicious of all addictions because it’s so hard for a person to break his delusion and denial. How can anything be wrong with loving God and giving your life for good works and service to mankind?

The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic.