A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; read more

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

It is worse than a crime: it is a mistake.

It is worse than a crime: it is a mistake.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.

Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've read more

Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those for whom love still heals, even though they've been hurt before.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find read more

A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.

If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His read more

If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His daily rounds, he would see below millions of his fellow humans busily hurling themselves into the passions, sports, and action of those around him. But if our observer had the power and omniscience of the Lord, he would also feel and sense, pulsing through and vibrating from every one of us here below, a desperate and unending plea, "Notice me! I want to be known admired, and loved by the whole world!" And it is this, this glorious weakness, this dependence of ours on each other, that makes some of us usually heroes and fools at the same time.

To be taken seriously you need the ability to make fun of yourself.

To be taken seriously you need the ability to make fun of yourself.

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.