In A World In Which

The Natural Inclination Of A Child Is To Take Pleasure In The Use Of The Mind No Less Than Of The Body. The Child's Primary Business Is Learning. It Is Also The Primary Entertainment. To Retain That Orientation Into Adulthood, So That Consciousness Is Not A Burden But A Joy, Is The Mark Of The Successfully Developed Human Being.

If We Attach More Importance To What Other People Believe Than To What We Know To Be True - If We Value Belonging Over Being - We Will Not Attain Authenticity.

Taking On Responsibilities That Properly Belong To Someone Else Means Behaving Irresponsibly Toward Yourself. You Need To Know Where You End And Someone Else Begins. You Need To Understand Boundaries. You Need To Know What Is And Is Not Up To You, What Is And Is Not In Your Control, What Is And Is Not Your Responsibility.

To Love Is To See Myself In You And To Wish To Celebrate Myself With You. What I Love Is The Embodiment Of My Values In Another Person. Love Is An Act Of Self-assertion, Self-expression And A Celebration Of Being Alive.

If You Choose Not To Live Self-responsibly, You Count On Others To Make Up Your Default. No One Abjures Self-responsibility On A Desert Island.