Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.

Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.

Conscience connects us with the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the heart.

Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is, a deep sense of meaning and of contribution to worthy projects and causes, particularly, your intergenerational family.

When we look through the lens of each others' weaknesses, we make others' strengths irrelevant and their weaknesses more evident.

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.

But borrowing strength builds weakness.