A depression is a large-scale decline in production and trade...there is nothing in the nature of a free-market economy to cause such an event.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Romantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender -not a surrender to the other person so much as to our feeling for the other person. What is the obstacle? The possibility of loss.

It is a curious paradox of human history that a doctrine that tells human beings to regard themselves as sacrificial animals has been accepted as a doctrine representing benevolence and love for mankind.

The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.'

Even when our life is most difficult, it is important to remember that something within us is keeping us alive- the life force-that lift us, energizes us, pulls us back sometimes from the abyss of despair. True spirituality does not exist without love of life.

When your principles seem to be demanding suicide, clearly it's time to check your premises