None of us see the world as it is but as we are, as our frames of reference, or maps, define the territory.

It is extremely ironic that the more we care about what people think about us the less we care about people, and the less we care about what people think about us the more we begin to care for others

All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?

You can't change the fruit without changing the root.

Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other.

Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education of the conscience is vital to the truly proactive, highly effective person. Training and educating the conscience, however, requires even greater concentration, more balanced discipline, more consistently honest living. It requires regular feasting on inspiring literature, thinking noble thoughts and, above all, living in harmony with its still small voice.