All the wisdom in the world cannot put in one's heart the love one yearned for as a small child.

Above all, anger needs to be felt so it can be talked through, understood and integrated, rather than acted out. In this way, it cleanses the self.

Accumulating years in the act of living is no guarantee of maturity. In fact, it is possible to be born, grow old and die without ever maturing.

Only when we stop holding others accountable for all of our troubles can we truly be free.

Neural repatterning comes as we enter into and sustain new types of relationships that allow us to reregulate our sense impressions slowly and over time.

Shame is quicksand on the path to soul.

The family is both mystery and reality; it houses our bodies and our spirits.

There is no wisdom without mastery over the mystery of our internal world, the world that opens the door to understanding others.

Our limbic system sets the mind's emotional tone and stores our highly charged emotional memories.

Smoke rose straight up from the chimney, as if the house raised its hand. As if the house knew the answer.

...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.

Memory is always in art, even when it works involuntarily.

A person’s voice can have such a powerful experience on the listener, very different from looking at the words on the page.

‎Halt looked up at the trees above him. "Why does this boy ask so many questions?" he asked the trees. Naturally, they didn't answer.

LIFE = (L)ive (I)N (F)ull (E)ffect!!!!!!!

Anyone who thinks it’s funny to name their network "Tom’sHugeEtc" is going to think it’s funny that one of his neighbors is also named Tom and is embarrassed by it.

Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.

Every jacket I make has interior pockets big enough to store a book and a sandwich and a passport.

Good things come to those who initiate.