To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

When you respond to an unreasonable person by getting emotional, you give them victory. How do you manage unreasonable people? You dismiss them. Like shadows

This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.

Lists have always implied social order.

You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.