Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.

Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.

I think 12-step programs really work, rehab really works, certain types of therapies and talking to other addicts really work. There are a lot of things that work - that isn't the problem. The problem is getting the addicts to say they're addicts. The problem is admitting it.

There is no such thing as expecting too much.

When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.

Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.

Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.