Maybe love wasn't about feeling happy and whole. Maybe love was about breaking so the person you cared for would feel a little more whole.
One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.
The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it.
A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
I need to stop running back to you in my mind all the time.
Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life.
Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.
Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real and great.