“Take responsibility for the energy you bring.”

“Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed.”

“You plant your own garden instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. In other words, take responsibility for your own needs and your own happiness.”

“Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.”

“The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don’t have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.”

“Depression is not madness, it's just depression, the loser version, the low-energy response to bad stuff that happens in your life. When you're depressed, you think you're the only one to have ever tasted this kind of hurt. And that lonely self-regard brings with it its own painful pleasure.”