Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its mutability and freedom from instinct . . . it is always within our power to change our nature. So it is actually the idealists who are on the mark and the realists who are off base.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.

Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is really there.

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.