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.

Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex.

If we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer.

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

In and through community lies the salvation of the world.

The time and the quality of the time that their parents devote to them indicate to children the degree to which they are valued by their parents. . . . When children know that they are valued, when they truly feel valued in the deepest parts of themselves, then they feel valuable. This knowledge is worth more than any gold.

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.