Let me repeat: The principles taught in this book will work only when they come from the heart. I am not advocating a bag of tricks. I am talking about a new way of life. Talk about changing people. If you and I will inspire the people with whom we come in contact to a realization of the hidden treasures they possess, we can do far more than change people. We can literally transform them.

create a bond through some shared interest by telling them something about yourself?

The adult members of churches today rarely raise serious religious questions for fear of revealing their doubts or being thought of as strange. There is an implicit conspiracy of silence on religious matters in the churches. This conspiracy covers up the fact that the churches do not change lives or influence conduct to any appreciable degree.

We are not machines that can be repaired through a series of steps—we are relational beings who are transformed by the mystery of relationship.

"Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher."

If it's not making you better, it isn't love. True love makes you more of who you are, not less.

Keeping together is progress; working together is success.

There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy.

I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.

I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.

Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.