People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media.

If we agree that the bottom line of life is happiness, not success, then it makes perfect sense to say that it is the journey that counts, not reaching the destination.

The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow.

For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment.

The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work

It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening.

Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.