Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware.
Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance.
Be royal in your own fashion: Act like a king to be treated like one.
For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.
A mind content is both crown and kingdom.
Never be put off by your target’s anger; it is a sure sign of enslavement.
Your work is the single greatest means at your disposal for expressing your social intelligence.
Waste brings woe, and sorrow hates despair.
People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.
I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.
When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.
No greater mischief could be wrought Than love united to a jealous thought.
Hangs in the uncertain balance of proud time.
Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer alight.
All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.
Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger.
What will seduce a person is the effort we expend on their behalf, showing how much we care, how much they are worth. Leaving things to chance is a recipe for disaster, and reveals that we do not take love and romance very seriously.