The shadow disguises itself in our projections, when we react intensely to a trait in others that we fail to see in ourselves.

As each layer of shadow is mined from the darkness, as each fear is faced and each projection reclaimed, the gold shines through.

If you can hold the tension of opposite points of view in your intimate relationships with people, instead of making somebody right and somebody wrong, you are really taking an evolutionary step.

The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.

Shadow-making happens in families and makes us who we are. It leads to shadow-work, which makes us who we can become.

There is an enemy-maker in each of us. We make enemies of the people we love the most and the people we know the least.

Each of us wrestles with the dark giant in our own way.

To sin is to be off the mark, that is, to inhibit development, contracting backward into regression rather than expanding forward into growth.

It is so amazing that this mighty world changes with us when we change.

Furniture or gold can be taken away from you, but knowledge and a new language can easily be taken from one place to the other, and nobody can take them away from you.

I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.

The perception of Africa, whether in the U.S. or in Europe, is of a continent that needs help, and cannot pull itself up. That is just not true.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.

My brother is my best friend and nothing is stronger than family.

We decided long ago that we didn't want Chipotle's success to be tied to the exploitation of animals, farmers, or the environment, but the engagement of our customers.

With a poem you can say 'I got my feeling into words for myself. I now have the equivalent in words for that much of what I have felt.'

Dedication is loyalty to a cause, even when hope has long expired for a successful outcome. It is an unstoppable determination to win regardless of the odds.