“...we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone and we are not alone when we imitate. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.”

“It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. ”

“The More we value things, the less we value ourselves”

“Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone!”

“The walls in front of us are not there to keep us from achieving our desire. They are there to see how bad we want what we desire.”

“When we love someone it is because we built that feeling, bit by bit. It's a choice. It's what we make only for ourselves...”

“Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As children, we wanted to monopolize the attention of a parent, to draw it away from other siblings. This sense of rivalry... makes people compete for the attention.”