Don't Strive For Love, Be It.

Books Seek Us Out. They Slip Themselves Into Our Hands Just At The Time We Are Ready For A New Self-concept.

Very Seldom Will A Person Give Up On Himself. He Continues To Have Hope Because He Knows He Has The Potential For Change. He Tries Again - Not Just To Exist, But To Bring About Those Changes In Himself That Will Make Life Worth Living. Yet People Are Very Quick To Give Up On Friends, And Especially On Their Spouses, To Declare Them Hopeless, And To Either Walk Away Or Do Nothing More Than Resign Themselves To A Bad Situation.

Boredom Is Useful To Me When I Notice It And Think: Oh I'm Bored; There Must Be Something Else I Want To Be Doing... Boredom Acts As An Initiator Of Originality By Pushing Me Into New Activities Or New Thoughts.

One Element Of Maturity Is The Realization That We Don't Get Away With Anything. Any Advantage Gained Or Convenience Taken, Any Private Procrastination Or Insincerity, No Matter How Subtle Or Quick In Passing, Is Paid For.

Perfectionism Is A Slow Death. If Everything Were To Turn Out Just Like I Would Want It To, Just Like I Would Plan For It To, Then I Would Never Experience Anything New; My Life Would Be An Endless Repetition Of Stale Successes. When I Make A Mistake I Experience Something Unexpected.... When I Have Listened To My Mistakes I Have Grown.