The Character Ethic taught that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles...

When we talk about time management, it seems ridiculous to worry about speed before direction, about saving minutes when we may be wasting years.

responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response.

When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes them possible, they often become insensitive and...

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.'

You're where you wanted to be, aren't you? So you're taking a few blows. That's the price for being in the arena and not on the sidelines. Stop complaining and be grateful.

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us.

The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned...

Have fun, think small, don't fear the obvious.

If I do anything, I have to start over, but all I have is fragments of ideas. Just pieces. Like a germ of an idea for this, and a germ of an idea for that. Nothing whole or concrete - Violet 'Growth...

If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it is almost certain you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost. For out...

Stature comes from your demeanor, your self confidence.

It takes curiosity to find your call to adventure, it takes courage to venture into the unknown, and it takes imagination to create your path.

But in the end, books are not a luxury; they are a necessity. Reading is an addiction!

If we want to live a Wholehearted life, we have to become intentional about cultivating sleep and play, and about letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth.

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.

There were three things that could fundamentally change a person: time, alcohol, and managing a bureaucracy.

Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal of rearranging one's perceptions...

It is better to arrive in time than to be invited.

Intuition is the art of listening, with an inner ear, to the rhythms and melodies of your own "body music."