We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live

..we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting we get something else: anxiety and depression.

Heroes became heroes flaws and all gives us hope. "You mean I don't have to be perfect to fulfill my Dream, to make a contribution?" Hardly. It takes commitment, courage, and passion to live a dream and make a contribution. Heroes had these qualities along with their flaws.

If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would all be.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

You need only look at what's in front of you and find something there to appreciate.

Stubborness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power.