The way we see the problem is the problem.
Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic.
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell.
People can’t live with change if there’s not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
When man created the mirror, he began to lose his soul. He became more concerned with his image than with his self.
Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It’s not logical: it’s psychological. And it’s very real.
But the greatest opportunities and boundless accomplishments of the Knowledge Worker Age are reserved for those who master the art of “we.
Suddenly I saw things differently, and because I saw differently, I thought differently, I felt differently, I behaved differently.
It is character that communicates most eloquently.
What lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us and ahead of us.
Samuel Johnson observed: “The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove.
To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.
What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.
The fundamental problem has nothing to do with your behavior or your attitude. It has everything to do with having a wrong map.
Most believe that the key to influence is communication – getting your point across clearly and speaking persuasively. In fact, if you think about it, don’t you find that, while others are speaking to you, instead of really listening to understand, you are often busy preparing your response?
God was at the center of your life, everything else would find its proper place.
My friend, love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?
While we must learn from good examples and keep always in mind the bigger goal, we must compare ourselves only with ourselves. We can’t focus or base our happiness on another’s progress; we can focus only on our own.
It is the habit that enables people to stay fit for today’s world in four critical areas – physical, social-emotional, mental, and spiritual. You will recognize those four areas as rooted in the four basic needs that allow young people – all people – to feel greater peace of mind.