There is no virtue inherent in un-constructive suffering.

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another person we give him or her our attention; we attend to that person's growth.

A discussion becomes destructive when it begins to generate more heat than light.

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

Listen to your child enough and you will come to realize that he or she is quite an extraordinary individual. And the more extraordinary you realize your child to be the more you will be willing to listen. And the more you will learn.

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