The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his humanhood or is still playing with masks and roles and status symbols. And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.