The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.

Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved.

We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.

Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to avoid the pain of self-awareness. ... [E]vil is laziness carried to its ultimate, extraordinary extreme.

If we want to be heard we must speak in a language the listener can understand and on a level at which the listener is capable of operating.

Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.

Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth.