When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.

Commitment is inherent in any genuinely loving relationship.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

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.

I am dubious as to how far we can move toward global community-which is the only way to achieve international peace-until we learn the basic principles of community in our own individual lives and personal spheres of influence.