When someone disagrees with me, I do not have to immediately start revising what I just said. People don't want me to always agree with them. They can sense this is phony. They can sense I am trying to control them: I am agreeing with them to make them like me. They feel; "I don't want to exist to like you. I DON'T exist to like you."

I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.

Moods should be heard but never danced to.

Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.

One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.

If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.