Knowing that one is always capable of change, the second step lies in making the decision to change. Change does not occur by merely willing it anymore than behavior changes simply through insight.

Love requires that we overcome the traditional and self-defeating fears that place distance between ourselves and others.

Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.

The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't.

Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in.