A winner fulfills his contract with the world and with himself. That is, he sets out to do something, says that he is committed to doing it, and in the long run does it.
Eric BerneSome say that one-sided love is better than none, but like half a loaf of bread, it is likely to grow hard and moldy sooner.
Eric BerneEach person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.
Eric BerneEvery man must, in a measure, be alone in the world. No heart was ever cast in the same mould as that which we bear within us.
Eric BerneThe destiny of every human being is decided by what goes on inside his skull when confronted by what goes on outside his skull.
Eric BerneEach person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by reason, but his important decisions have already been made: what kind of person he will marry, how many children he will have, what kind of bed he will die in... It is incredible to think, at first, that man's fate, all his nobility and all his degradation, is decided by a child no more than six years old, and usually three... (but) it is very easy to believe by looking at what is happening in the world today, and what happened yesterday, and seeing what will happen tomorrow.
Eric Berne