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

Integrity is never painless.

If you are determined not to risk pain, then you must do without many things: having children, getting married, the ecstasy of sex, the hope of ambition, friendship-all that makes life alive, meaningful and significant.

It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

Teach us to number our days aright.

From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything.