Psychology

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
Vulnerability really means to be strong and secure enough within yourself that you are able to walk outside without your armor on. You are able to show up in life as just you. That is genuine strength and courage. Armor may look tough, but all it does is mask insecurity and fear.
Detachment is being apathetic or aloof to other people, while un-attachment is acknowledging and honoring other people, while choosing not to let them influence your emotional well being. Detached would mean I do not care, while un-attached means I care, although I am not going to alter my emotional state due to your emotions, words, or actions.
Pain is inevitable, yet suffering is optional. It is our heart connections that make all the difference.
Old age spiritualizes people naturally.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.