“we need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments”

“If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions.”

“we all make assumptions about the world—based on individual experience and cultural background—that affect our judgment of how that balance should look”

“It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey.”

“For the Stoics, then, our judgments about the world are all that we can control, but also all that we need to control in order to be happy; tranquility results from replacing our irrational judgments with rational ones”

“There are different eras in our lives when we need a break from marriage or a relationship and some others when we need a break from loneliness.”