Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
What people get admired and appreciated for in community are their soft skills: their sense of humor and timing, their ability to listen, their courage and honesty, their capacity for empathy.
I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.
We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.
Genuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually cultivates it, even at the risk of separation or loss. The ultimate goal of life remains the spiritual growth of the individual, the solitary journey to peaks that can be climbed only alone.
Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and accurate, we will generally know how to get there. If the map is false and inaccurate, we generally will be lost.
One extends one’s limits only by exceeding them.
I am dubious as to how far we can move toward global community-which is the only way to achieve international peace-until we learn the basic principles of community in our own individual lives and personal spheres of influence.
Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection.
Good discipline requires time. When we have no time to give our children, or no time that we are willing to give, we don’t even observe them closely enough to become aware of when their need for our disciplinary assistance is expressed subtley.
The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another person we give him or her our attention; we attend to that person’s growth.
Do what you feel called to do, but also be prepared to accept that you don’t necessarily know what you’re going to learn. Be willing to be surprised by forces beyond your control, and realize that a major learning on the journey is the art of surrender.
We cannot solve life’s problems except by solving them.
A discussion becomes destructive when it begins to generate more heat than light.
Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.
I can remember years ago sitting on my bed and suddenly thinking, “I am God.”
It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings.