“ When any fit of gloominess or perversion of mind lays hold upon you make it a rule not to publish it by complaints. Samuel Johnson
“ Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting ga… Harry Emerson Fosdick
“ Only by pursuing the extremes in one's nature with all its contradictions appetites aversions rages can one hope to understand a little ... oh I admit only a very little ... of what life is abou… Francoise Sagan
“ It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous but rather the studious way we try to hide them and our desire to act as if they did not exist. Giacomo Leopardi