The more a person perceives that he/she is loved, the less they will interfere with the lives of others.

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.

Treasure the journey, BE the destination.

Be careful with the kind of company you keep, because behaviors and habits are very contagious.

We teach best by how we live life

I do tasks for the gods, usually things like tracking down rare items or taking someone safely to a destination."D'Molay the Freeman Tracker

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, 'No, but I'm trying.

Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through which you interpret this moment and then try to resign yourself to it.

No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.

The fool inherits, but the wise must get.

Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is.