I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do the right thing.

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

Make specific appointments with yourself to work on goals, and treat an appointment with yourself as you'd treat an appointment with anybody else.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

If you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like yourself, except in some short-term, psych-up, superficial way.

Success in one role can't justify failure in another.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.