The shield required that I stay small and quiet behind it so as not to draw attention to my imperfections and vulnerabilities. It was exhausting.
We've made our decisions, We've taken our choices, What's left, is only a hand-full of emotions.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.
Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.
Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Hom...
Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.