A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

Drunken men give some of the best pep talks.

At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.

I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.

Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.

It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it.