To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.