It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings

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

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

Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.

I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They do not respond, at least in the short run, to either gentle kindness or any form of spiritual persuasion with which I am familiar.

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