You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
You lose only the things you have
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.