Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even when we have nothing to offer except our presence and even when being there is painful to ourselves.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex.

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