Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living.

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.

Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.

To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.

Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.

Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.

When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.

A good story is always written with the tears of tragedies and triumphs, and the love and kindness of our lives.

Perhaps her requirements were too great, Or her indulgence for human weakness too small, For her attempts to form a friendship had alwaysEnded in disappointment.

Moment by moment, in life's winter, life frozeEchoing a history of blues, a milestone roseFrom A Farewell A welcome

SAFETY NET-ISM: The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional safety net to buffer life's hurts. Usually parents.

The mind must be trained, rather than the memory.

I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising.

I would not want to write something about something I do not think about

I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.

If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.