I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world's fault. Since they must deny their own badness, they must perceive others as bad. They project their own evil onto the world. They never think of themselves as evil, on the other hand, they consequently see much evil in others.

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

When any institution becomes large and compartmentalized, with departments and subdepartments, then the conscience of the institution will often become so fragmented and diluted as to be virtually nonexistent, and the organization becomes inherently evil.

Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.

Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures.

Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs