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.

There is no virtue inherent in un-constructive suffering.

Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.

We cannot solve a problem by saying, "It's not my problem." We cannot solve a problem by hoping that someone else will solve it for us. I can solve a problem only when I say, "This is my problem and it's up to me to solve it."

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

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

I can remember years ago sitting on my bed and suddenly thinking, "I am God."