Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.