I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. Imagine how happy I felt when I got relief from bladder pressure. How long did that happiness last?

If you are bored, you are not paying attention.

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.

Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference.

Fear is excitement without the breath.

Those that fight don't listen, those that listen don't fight.