professions and work

“ False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness. ”

“ We may define therapy as a search for value. ”

“ In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety. ”

“ The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. ”

“ The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important. ”

“ What does 'happy' mean? Happiness is not a state like Vermont. ”

“ Growth takes place when the next step forward is subjectively more delightful, more joyous, more intrinsically satisfying than the previous gratification which we have become familiar and even bored. ”

“ Expression and communication in the peak experiences tend often to become poetic, mythical, and rhapsodic as if this were the natural kind of language to express such states of being. ”

“ All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil. ”

“ One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. ”