For "full" emotional communication, one person needs to allow his state of mind to be influenced by that of the other.

Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioural consequences.

We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves. (p. 221)

When we begin to know ourselves in an open and self-supportive way, we take the first step to encourage our children to know themselves

Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like.

The amygdala, along with related areas..., plays a crucial role in coordinating perceptions with memory and behavior. These regions are especially sensitive to social interactions.

While the days of parenting may seem so long, the years are so short.

...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.

Early experience shapes the structure and function of the brain. This reveals the fundamental way in which gene expression is determined by experience.

In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in the corner the best place for your child?

...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful, " it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.

Self distrust is good, but only if it leads to trust in God. Otherwise it ends as spiritual paralysis, inability and unwillingness to undertake any course of action.

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

Success is predictable.

Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.

Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. . . but I suggest this difference. Fame is morally neutral.

Why is it that if you take advantage of a corporate tax break you're a smart businessman, but if you take advantage of something so you don't go hungry, you're a moocher?

The rocks. They carry the chronology of water. All things simultaneously living and dead in your hands.

I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.

When it comes time to do your own life, you either perpetuate your childhood or you stand on it and finally kick it out from under.

Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.