We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.
The purpose of teaching is learning and learning is changed behavior.
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
What is most personal ,is most general.
You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself.
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.
For those filled with regret, perhaps the most needful exercise of proactivity is to realize that past mistakes are also out there in the Circle of Concern. We can’t recall them, we can’t undo them, w...
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Unless there are good feelings between people, reasoning intelligently is almost impossible.
You can buy a person's hand, but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is. You can buy his back, but you can't buy his brain. That's where his creativity is, his inge...
When you live out of your memory, you focus on the past. When you live out of your imagination, you focus on the future.
Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of effectiveness, happiness, and trust...
We are not our feelings. We are not our moods. We are not even our thoughts. The very fact that we can think about these things separates us from them and from the animal world. Self-awareness enables...
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.
This power of choice means that we are not merely a product of our past or of our genes; we are not a product of how other people treat us. They unquestionably influence us, but they do not determine...
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
The work will come again, but childhood won’t.