The spiritual quest is not some added benefit to our life, something you embark on if you have the time and inclination. We are spiritual beings on an earthly journey. Our spirituality makes up our beingness.

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

Guilt says I've done something wrong; ... shame says there is something wrong with me. Guilt says I've made a mistake; ... shame says I am a mistake. Guilt says what did was not good; ... shame says I am no good.

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

I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they cant feel anymore.

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

Since the earliest period of our life was preverbal, everything depended on emotional interaction. Without someone to reflect our emotions, we had no way of knowing who we were.