“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”—Helen Keller

“Thought is sequential, successive, one-dimensional, while the real world presents itself as a multidimensional, non-successive, simultaneous pattern of infinite richness and variety; and trying to make the one grasp the other is like trying to appreciate a beautiful landscape by looking through a narrow slit in a fence or trying to take in a Renoir painting by microscope alone.”—Ken Wilber “The Spectrum of Consciousness“

Integrity, respect, and humility are essential to meaningful relationships because they build a high level of trust required to overcome mistakes and imperfections common to us all. A high level of trust preserves the relationship long enough for us to learn and grow from our mistakes and imperfections and cultivate joy.