Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Change is never a loss - it is change only.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

A chief cause of unhappiness is what I call mental movies. Mental movies are a misuse of the imagination. You know how it goes. You have a painful experience with someone, then run it over and over in your mind. You visualize what you said, what he did, how you both felt. As awful as it is, you feel compelled to repeat the film day and night. It is as if you were locked inside a theatre playing a horrible movie.

Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher goal is the most obscene and decadent phenomenon of any civilization.