“In a world full of lies, the most dangerous ones are those we tell ourselves.”
― The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust
― The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. It is in this relationship that you set the standard for all others.”
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“Impossible, I realize, to enter another’s solitude. If it is true that we can ever come to know another human being, even to a small degree, it is only to the extent that he is willing to make himself known. A man will say: I am cold. Or else he will say nothing, and we will see him shivering. Either way, we will know that he is cold. But what of the man who says nothing and does not shiver? Where all is intractable, here all is hermetic and evasive, one can do no more than observe. But whether one can make sense of what he observes is another matter entirely”
― The Invention of Solitude
― The Invention of Solitude
“I think reality is overrated.”
― One Day
― One Day
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