Most will choose to leave someone who can't bear to see them go.

It seems quite proper to fear achievement, which, after all, is proof that you've successfully moved an experience from the delightfully anticipated future into the forever and sadly lost past. Avoid as long as you can the ultimate indignity: a lifetime achievement award.

Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.

Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.

It is a rare man who can prevail in the face of comfort. Freedom is fragile and elusive, for rarely does the appreciation of it exceed the pleasure of being able to tell others what to do. There is but one tick on the accuracy scale between 'optimism' and 'denial.'

Once learned, the ability to disagree with a smile pays valuable dividends for a lifetime.