Changes Are Not Only Possible And Predictable,

The Delights Of Self-discovery Are Always Available.

According To The Prevailing Mythology, To Be Younger Is To Be Better; Therefore, We Should Expect To Find Young People In The Majority Of Those Who Reflect High Well-being... In Fact, The One Finding That Registered More Consistently And Emphatically Than Any Other In The Course Of My Research Was This: Older Is Better.

Being A Pathfinder Is To Be Willing To Risk Failure And Still Go On.

Speed As A Drug Disorganizes The Personality; Speed As The Goal Of Information Dissemination Commits A Subtler Crime. People Are Mainlining Our Words. We Rarely Read Of The Rational Alternatives, Only Of The Commands That All Must Change Or Else. This Is A Prescription For Public Panic.

Growth Demands A Temporary Surrender Of Security. It May Mean A Giving Up Of Familiar But Limiting Patterns, Safe But Unrewarding Work, Values No Longer Believed In, Relationships That Have Lost Their Meaning. As Dostoevsky Put It, "taking A New Step, Uttering A New Word, Is What People Fear Most." The Real Fear Should Be Of The Opposite Course.