Right, that's exactly what I mean by your being both the prisoner and the jailer.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
True love is not a hide and seek game: in true love, both lovers seek each other.
God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
Not being happy really is my fear.
More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling i...