Risk always brings its own rewards: the exhilaration of breaking through, of getting to the other side; the relief of a conflict healed; the clarity when a paradox dissolves.

Love is a context, not a behavior.

Power is a central issue in social and personal transformation. Our sources and uses of power set our boundaries, give form to our relationships, even determine how much we let ourselves liberate and express aspects of the self. More than party registration, more than our purported philosophy or ideology, personal power defines our politics.

An atmosphere of trust, love, and humor can nourish extraordinary human capacity. One key is authenticity: parents acting as people, not as roles.

The beginning of personal transformation is absurdly easy. We have only to pay attention to the flow of attention itself.

Spirituality is a kind of virgin wisdom, a knowing that comes prior to experience.

Those who have most at stake in the old culture, or are most rigid in their beliefs, try to summon people back to the old ideas.'