I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.

I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.

One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer read more

One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

It doesn't matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter what we do.

It doesn't matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter what we do.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The read more

A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having.

To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is read more

To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time read more

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.