Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.
I am in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
What you resist, persists.
I must also have a dark side if I am to be whole.
Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.
Had I left those images hidden in the emotions, I might have been torn to pieces by them.
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn’t matter.
Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you’re feeling. To have the hard conversations.
I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.