I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived….

It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived….

Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, read more

Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.

The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?

The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?

Relationships are like crystals, you don't realize how much you love it until it breaks.

Relationships are like crystals, you don't realize how much you love it until it breaks.

I think, therefore I'm single.

I think, therefore I'm single.

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you read more

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months read more

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.