Change will not successfully happen unless the emotional component is solved.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

Being real is being true to you.

Live from a place of love. It conquers all that is evil.

Appearance is valued too much in our society.

Women have been systematically pushed out of spirituality by men.

Be sure to wear a good cologne, a nice aftershave lotion, and a strong underarm deodorant. And it might be a good idea to wear some clothes, too.

When someone has the wit to coin a useful phrase, it ought to be acclaimed and broadcast or it will perish.

My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping me.

He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia

Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.

It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.

People keep asking me what I think of it now that it's done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done!