Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.

Being is seeing in the human dimension.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Balance isn't either/or; it's 'and'.

The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.

Effective interdependence can only be built on true independence.