The giving up of personality traits, well-established patterns of behavior, ideologies, and even whole life styles...these are major forms of giving up that are required if one is to travel very far on the journey of life.

The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.

Integrity is never painless.

Although I was raised in a profoundly secular home, I had a belief, an awareness of God, from as far back as I can remember.

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

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.