If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

A relationship is very likely to initially make us pretend we are someone we are not; a friendship, to eventually make us pretend we are still someone we used to be.

Man’s growth is held back by his surrender to other people’s expectation that he remain the person he was when they met him.

Writing a book is one of the very few sensible reasons for not having time to read a book.

Some lessons are best taught, not by others’ scars, but by our own wounds.

Difficulty’s potential to grow us is not confined to working out.

Like growth, success is often a steppingstone from failure.

Doing something we do not find difficult or challenging rarely grows us.

The three most common killers of friendships are betrayal, distance, and growth.