“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself it’s own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.”

“There is in each of us an ancient force that takes and an ancient force that gives. A man finds little difficulty facing that place within himself where the taking force dwells, but it’s almost impossible for him to see into the giving force without changing into something other than man. For a woman, the situation is reversed…These things are so ancient within us…that they’re ground into each separate cell of our bodies…It’s as easy to be overwhelmed by giving as by taking.”

“It is tempting to think that in order to change our experience of our world we need to force others to change. Such thinking is an abdication of our power to change ourselves.”

“Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.”

“This would be my torture: all that didn't bear thinking about would devote itself to forcing me to bear thinking about it.”

“Thinking is not a thing that can undo itself. It can never be its own solution.”