“If your partner means the world to you, then other people, including temptations and outside influences, shouldn't be living in it. Why invite trouble? There's enough to go around.”

“People don't tell others when they lose interest, just like they don't tell others when they love them. And then they wonder why they are so unhappy.”

“I don't admire the person who hides from the world and claims enlightenment. To be purified you have to be tested and there is no better test of strength than dealing with other people.”

“If you want to call attention to your good deed then it isn't a good deed, it's a self-serving one. Why? Not only have you patted yourself on the back but you're fishing for others to do the same.”

“You can't be in my world...You live in this one.”

“I think I figured out why I don't have more friends. I find dead people more interesting than the living.”

“Don't allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. If they don't find you worth the effort or the time, why should you waste yours?”