They implicitly trust that their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are their own, and fail to recognize that they may be “channeling” someone else’s thoughts and feelings.

People must come to the understanding that they do not have a fixed identity. They have the power to identify and alter features of their personalities that they find negative or unpleasant.

It is a full-time job to cope with alien elements from both interpersonal sources and societal influences.

To the extent that we retain the critical attitudes and destructive elements we have incorporated into our own personalities, we remain undifferentiated from our parents throughout our lifetime.

In order for people to live their own lives and fulfill their destiny, they must differentiate themselves from destructive environmental influences.

Differentiation is a universal struggle that all human beings face if they wish to fully develop themselves as individuals.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are theemotional hallmarks of our species

In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be

Jazz is America's classical music.

We just hide from the people we love. Sad, isn't it?

If we score, we might win. If they never score, we can't lose.

These guys who talk about free markets, they're not ideologues; they're crooks.

When you're writing something and you know it's good, you get flushed, you can feel the blood coursing through your veins, you feel alive, all your nerve endings stand up, something just clicks.

If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair.

Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding.