We have a continual desire to communicate our feelings and yet at the same time the need to conceal them for proper social functioning.

When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.

Those who follow a rigid, singular path in their youth often find themselves in a career dead end in their forties.

You are your own worst enemy. You waste precious time dreaming of the future instead of engaging in the present. Since nothing seems urgent to you, you are only half involved in what you do. The only way to change is through action and outside pressure.