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.

One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.

One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.

Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light.

Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.

Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.