For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

The more we idealize the past and refuse to acknowledge our childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generation.

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.

What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.

Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection

Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts.

We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.

An unacknowledged trauma is like a wound that never heals over and may start to bleed again at any time.

The person who feels secure, loved, safe and happy inside will have a secure, safe and happy life. Your inner integrity will be matched by those around you.

Anyone who has ever achieved anything has been a steward of his potential.

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

The ego prevents us from helping ourselves by presenting a false notion of what it really means to help ourselves.

Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.

Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed.

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

It’s a rare reader who doesn’t go to the novel looking for a kind of encouragement to live.

A positive attitude may not solve all our problems but that is the only option we have if we want to get out of problems.

Nobody loves the light like the blind man.