The Three Lives We all lead three lives: our public life, our private life, and our deep inner life. Our public life takes place in a community setting, where we interact with others. Our private life...
The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the sl...
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny,
People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.
People often find themselves achieving victories that are empty, successes that have come at the expense of things they suddenly realize were far more valuable to them.
Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.
It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
It is character that communicates most eloquently.
Interdependence is a far more mature, more advanced concept. If I am physically interdependent, I am self-reliant and capable, but I also realize that you and I working together can accomplish far mor...
Inevitably, anytime we are too vulnerable we feel the need to protect ourselves from further wounds. So we resort to sarcasm, cutting humor, criticism -- anything that will keep from exposing the tend...
If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.
If I am intellectually interdependent, I realize that I need the best thinking of other people to join with my own.
Happiness - in part at least - the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice waht we want for what we want eventually
Family-centered parents do not have the emotional freedom, the power, to raise their children with their ultimate welfare truly in mind. If they derive their own security from the family, their need t...
Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm—to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural sys...
By accepting people you’re not condoning their weakness or agreeing with their opinion; you’re simply affirming their intrinsic worth.
Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.
Anytime we think the problem is out there, that thought is the problem. We empower what’s out there to control us.