The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

The problem of unmet expectations in marriage is primarily a problem of stereotyping. Each and every human being on this planet is a unique person. Since marriage is inevitably a relationship between two unique people, no one marriage is going to be exactly like any other. Yet we tend to wed with explicit visions of what a “good” marriage ought to be like. Then we suffer enormously from trying to force the relationship to fit the stereotype and from the neurotic guilt and anger we experience when we fail to pull it off.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.

Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures.

The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.

The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace