Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked. read more

• Thought Desire Good Begin by Believing Wicked

A kiss is something you cannot give without taking and cannot take without giving. read more

• Thought Kiss Something Cannot Give Without Taking Take Giving

Customers may forget what you said but they"ll never forget how you made them feel. read more

• Thought Customers Forget What Said They How Made Them Feel

Rain is good for vegetables, and for the animals who eat those vegetables, and for the animals who eat those animals. read more

• Thought Rain Good for Vegetables Animals Eat Those

If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life. read more

• Thought Taking Responsibility for State Consciousness Life

No one who shares a delusion ever recognizes it as such. read more

• Thought Shares Delusion Recognizes Such

Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us. read more

• Thought Conscience Internal Perception Rejection Particular Wish Operating Within Us

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. read more

• Thought Liberty Individual Gift Civilization Greatest Before Any

We are never so helplessly unhappy as when we lose love. read more

• Thought Helplessly Unhappy Lose Love

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water read more

• Thought Mind Like Iceberg Floats Seventh Its Bulk Above Water