Great Throughts Treasury

"If you want to find out how well you are living up to your spiritual values and higher principles, pay close attention to how you behave in the middle of an argument or a tense moment involving someone you live with, work with, or are in love with."

"In divorce, I regularly see law-abiding people ready to take the law into their own hands. Custody agreements, indeed, are often not fair, but it is far better to trust a judge eventually to do the right thing, than to set the norm that we each get to take the law into own hands when we are not satisfied with an outcome. Imagine how healthy it would be if every time a person decided to take the law into their own hands, that the community would gather around and shun and shame that person? The law is supposed to enforce moral social norms, but oftentimes finds itself unable to do so in a timely and effective way. This news story shows a community not willing to accept the letter of the law, that only the male may issue the writ. They are insisting that the morality-based spirit of the law, i.e., the respect for women's rights, be kept as well, and they are vocal and active in this insistence. I find this inspiring."

"Feelings in general, when you’re under stress, are the least worthwhile part of your being."