Whenever we think of ourselves as doing something for someone else, we are in some way denying our own responsibility. Whatever we do is done because we choose to do it, and we make that choice because it is the one that satisfies us the most.

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

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

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.

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.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach.