True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.

If we seek to be loved - if we expect to be loved - this cannot be accomplished; we will be dependent and grasping not genuinely loving.

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.

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

If we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer.

I believe it would be considerably healthier for us to dare to live without a reason for many things than with reasons that are simplistic.

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