Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it..

Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom..

Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them..

Good discipline requires time. When we have no time to give our children, or no time that we are willing to give, we don't even observe them closely ….

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in su….

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa..

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it..

Some Catholics have a concept I very much admire: the Sacrament of the Present Moment. It suggests that every moment of our lives is sacred, and that….

The feeling of being valuable is a cornerstone of self-discipline because when you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself- includi….

When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary..

Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection..

Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can….

I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They do not r….

Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing ….

True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision..

Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with….

It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings.

Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person..

Worship is yet another paradox of the religious life: it is simultaneously the greatest duty and the greatest pleasure of faith. Worship is the act….

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth..

But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18..