The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body. The child's primary business is learning. It is also the primary entertainment. To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being.

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them.

Integrity means congruence. Words and behavior match.

No one is coming to save you.

Doing more of what doesn't work doesn't work.