there is no truly honest autobiography.
There is a plan, and your soul knows what it is.
The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.
When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.
Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities
The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation. . What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.
What was so painful about Amy’s death is that I know that there is something I could have done. I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Don’t pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple; it actually is simple but it isn’t easy; it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.
The lingo used in the space is so arcane and out of date that investors have no context for the discussions. The failure to establish a clear, effective communication system has been the biggest sin private equity has committed.
Our reason is our law.
You fight so hard, so long, to cut someone out of your heart, but it’s not always your heart that betrays you.