Secrecy is the badge of fraud.

Secrecy is the badge of fraud.

With renunciation life begins.

With renunciation life begins.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is read more

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

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.

If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

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.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.