Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism.

Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition.

To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master.

Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" He replied, "I never leave my place of meditation." He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.

The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions

As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values.

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.