About a hundred things I believe, a constantly evolving draft.
You can’t change other people, and it’s rude to try.
It is 100 times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place.
If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about whatever you’re talking about than you do.
The cheapest and most expensive versions are usually both bad deals.
Shoes are a good place to put socks and underwear in a suitcase.
Everyone likes somebody who gets to the point quickly.
Bad moods will come and go your whole life, and trying to force them away makes them run deeper and last longer.
Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be.
If everyone in the show you’re watching is good-looking, it’s not worth watching.
Whenever you’re worried about what others will think of you, you’re really just worried about what you’ll think of you.
Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it.
If you never doubt your beliefs, then you’re wrong a lot.
Managing one’s wants is the most powerful skill a person can learn.
Nobody has it all figured out.
Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.
Usually the way you feel about someone is reciprocated.
People embellish everything, as a rule.
People have scaled emotions. Those who feel the most intense happiness also feel the other feelings equally strong… though they’ll probably insist that isn’t case.
A life without creativity is a stunted life.
Feelings are like food – what goes in must come out. You need to express your feelings, because they’ll come out one way or another.
You usually get what you pay for.
Putting something off makes it instantly harder and scarier.
Most of what we see is only what we allow ourselves to see.
Happiness is a skill, not a commodity. Nor is it like the weather, something that just “happens” to you.
The subject is always more interesting when its off-center.
A person who is unafraid to present an unedited version of herself to the world is as rare as diamonds.
A good joke is short, and always funnier in context.
The most common addiction in the world is the draw of comfort. It wrecks dreams and breaks people.
The greatest innovation in the history of humankind is language.
Blame is the favorite pastime of those who dislike responsibility.
Everyone you meet is better than you at something.
It’s extremely scary to admit you don’t believe there’s a God.
No one and nothing is ever totally original.
Self-examination is the only path out of misery.
Whoever you are, you will die. To know and understand that means you are alive.
Getting truly organized can vastly improve anyone’s life.
If you aren’t happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship.
People mistrust a person with multiple talents, an unfortunate truth for those with such talents.
You cannot control how you feel, but you cannot let your feelings control you.
Addiction is a much greater problem in society than it’s made out to be.
Posture and clothing change profoundly how you feel about yourself, and how others feel about you.
The urge to punish others has much more to do with venting frustration than correcting behavior.
The absence of war is not peace.
Taste is an expression of self-confidence.
If anything is worth splurging on, it’s a high-quality mattress.
There is nothing worse than having no friends.
To write a person off as worthless is an act of great violence.
Try as we might to be otherwise, we are all hypocrites and racists.
Justice is a human invention which is in reality rarely achievable, but many will not hesitate to destroy lives demanding it.
Kids will usually understand exactly what you mean if you keep it to one or two short sentences.
Casual swearing makes people sound dumb. I should fucking know…
Words are immensely powerful. One cruel remark can wound someone for life.
It’s easy to make someone’s day just by being really nice to them.
Most of what children learn from their parents isn’t taught on purpose.
The secret ingredient is usually butter, in obscene amounts.
You are neither the giant of your dreams, nor the dwarf of you fears. Get over yourself, and move on with life.
It is worth re-trying foods that you didn’t like at first.
Remind yourself what you love about someone, and you nourish that love.
Problems, when they arise, are rarely as painful as the act of fearing them.
Nothing — ever — happens exactly like you pictured it.
Fear, loneliness, anger, pain, and pleasure. Every other feeling is just a combination of these, and most of the time you’re simply alive – an absence of happiness does not mean you’re feeling one of the other ones.
There are not enough women in positions of power. The world has suffered from this deficit for a long time.
Feeling overwhelmed is best fought through action.
A good nine out of ten bad things I worry about never happen. A good nine out of ten bad things that did happen never occurred to me to worry about.
Phobias are a form of narcissism.
You can’t hide a bad mood from people who know you well, but you can always be polite.
Sometimes you have to remove certain people from your life, even if they’re family.
Anyone can be calmed in an instant by looking at the ocean or the stars.
There is no point finishing a book you aren’t enjoying. Life is too short for that. Swallow your pride and put it down for good, unfinished.
There is no correlation between the price of a brand of batteries and how long they last.
Having dinner with your kids in a restaurant is a great way for them to get to know you.
People who think they’re getting cheated all the time will probably cheat, given the chance.
When you’re sick of your own life, that’s a good time to pick up a camera.
Wishing things were different is a great way to torture yourself.
The ability to be happy is nothing other than the ability to come to terms with how things change.
Killing time is an atrocity. It’s priceless, and it never grows back.
Thanks Rapture, for getting me started on this.
