Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life. It ensures that a person's capacities stay dormant, that talents remain undeveloped, that the mind and spirit become lethargic and that the heart remains unfulfilled.

When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.