Present yourself always As who you would be, And that is the person The world will see.

Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No, on the contrary, I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. And with each day, my treasure will grow, not diminish.

There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.

Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate.

I don't lie and cheat, but I don't always avoid actions that would be lying and cheating if someone else did them.

Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?

You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest.