If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow

The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.

The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.

We can act instead of being acted upon.