The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.

Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard. Advice at best stops the conversation, definitely inhibits learning, and at worst claims dominance.

If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy.

Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and give us a saving image to personally relate to.

As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters.

It is hard to learn when we think we know something.

Ones vision is not a road map but a compass.