“Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.”
“Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.”
“In the realm of love and sex, it’s girls who are in the position of working hard to adapt themselves to the needs and fantasies of the mercurial males whose approval and attention they seek.”
“As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant.”
“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”
“And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share.”