There is no virtue inherent in un-constructive suffering.

Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.

There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.

Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.

There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.

The major threats to our survival no longer stem from nature without but from our own human nature within. It is our carelessness, our hostilities, our selfishness and pride and willful ignorance that endanger the world.

Falling in love is not an act of will. It is not a conscious choice. No matter how open to or eager for it we may be, the experience may still elude us. Contrarily, the experience may capture us at times when we are definitely not seeking it, when it is inconvenient and undesirable.