We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.

When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.

The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity.

Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.