Have you ever shaken your head in utter consternation and wondered why some people work so hard to succeed and fail anyway, and some people just apparently fall into success with little trying? It is not that they are more gifted than you but that this is not your
world. That you are not seen for what you are does not mean you are
invisible but that some who look lack vision



You are not here merely to help yourself, but also to help others, if they allow it. And what if they won’t? Then realize they are not ready, and when they are, if they are, they will find their teacher,
and it may not be you



It is not so important that you be the teacher, but that
the student be taught



Helen Keller was asked one time if loss of sight was the worst
thing that could happen to you. She paused momentarily in thought, and then said: “No! The worst thing that can happen to you is to be able to see but have no vision.” Alas, in this world there are many who have eyes but do not see, ears but do not hear, minds but do not understand



Being a disappointed idealist does not mean one should be
a cynic. To think so means one validates his philosophy more
than his ideals



Someday, when life is shorn of its sadness and perceptions are
more astute, we will see things from a holistic point of view rather
than from a partial or limited one



We all hope to be remembered, not for our failures but for our
ideals and noble expectations, not for our mistakes, but for our
efforts, not for our stupidities but for our brilliance, not for
weakness, but for our strengths and struggles, not for what
someone else thinks about us but what we think about
ourselves



One plus one may equal two in mathematics, but in feeling and
relationships one plus one equals ONE



Whenever we write something we take a risk. There is the risk
of being misunderstood due to inadequacy of expression, which means that our consciousness level does not match the other. In addition the words we use, however adroit and carefully selected may obscure rather than enlighten, may leave an impression alien
to the one intended. This seems to devolve all the responsibility on
the writer. But, the reader has responsibilities too



The meaning of a person’s history can never be known accurately or completely, even by himself