If We Don't Change, We Don't Grow.

Changes Are Not Only Possible And Predictable, But To Deny Them Is To Be An Accomplice To One's Own Unnecessary Vegetation.

Whether One Has Natural Talent Or Not, Any Learning Period Requires The Willingness To Suffer Uncertainty And Embarrassment.

Men Are Not Given Awards And Promotions For Bravery In Intimacy.

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.

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.