Loving consciously does not mean subjecting your relationship to endless analysis. It means something much simpler: paying attention. Noticing. This requires presence.

Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.

It is very difficult to accept in others emotions you cannot accept in yourself.

You have a right to your feelings. Your feelings are there to tell you something, but they are not infallible guides to behavior.

If you are an adult, you are responsible for your life and well-being. No one owes you the fulfillment of your needs or wants; no one is here on earth to serve you. If you respect the principle of self-ownership, you understand that no one else owns you and that you do not own anyone else. Only on this understanding can there be peace on earth and good will among human beings.

To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always being controlled by forces external to oneself.

I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them.