I can't believe it! Reading and writing actually paid off!

Through continual exposure to people and by attempting to think inside of them we can gain an increasing sense of their perspective$$$ but this requires effort on our part.

It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.

The real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality in all its aspects. Realism is in fact the ideal we must aspire to$$$ the highest point of human rationality.

Events in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way$$$ and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as you live it.

Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems$$$ in ways in which we are not even aware.

Do not fight them. Instead think of them the way you think of children$$$ or pets$$$ not important enough to affect your mental balance.

No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact$$$ the odds are against you.

Lose battles$$$ but win the war: grand strategy -- grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.

To resist the social pressure now put even on one's leisure time$$$ requires a tougher upbringing and a more obstinate willfulness about going one's own way$$$ than ever before.