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

Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems.

Discipline, it has been suggested, is the means of human spiritual evolution. What provides the motive, the energy for discipline? This force I believe to be love. I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even when we have nothing to offer except our presence and even when being there is painful to ourselves.