"Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention...the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."

“An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.”

“I love it when you have a lull in the day and you turn on the TV and a random movie is on that you either have never seen or haven't seen in years. Like 'Coming to America' or 'Misery' or 'Moonstruck.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Would you hurt a man keenest strike at his self-love?”

Source : Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ bk. 6, ch. 2 (1880)

“My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.”

“Good therapy, gently but firmly, moves people out of denial and compartmentalization. It helps clients to develop richer inner lives and greater self-knowledge. It teaches clients to live harmoniously with others and it enhances Existential consciousness, and allows people to take responsibility for their effects on the world at large. For me , happiness is about appreciating what one has. Practically speaking,this means lowering expectations about what is fair, possible and likely. It means,finding pleasure in the ordinary.”

Source : Mary Pipher (2009). “Letters to a Young Therapist: Stories of Hope and Healing”, p.16, ReadHowYouWant.com

“Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure out how to have A AND B-purpose AND profit, continuity AND change, freedom AND responsibility, etc.”

“I needed some real danger and some mortal risk to run, to tranquilize me.”

“Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before.”