Booth-Clibborn Editions

I FIND MYSELF OFTEN DIS-
SATISFIED WITH LIFE AND
THOUGH I TRY VERY HARD
TO BE POSITIVE I FEEL I
COULD DO BETTER AND BE
MORE CONTENT AND FUL-
FILLED.

Unlock
yourself from the neurotic need to
please. It erodes the soul.

Everybody is needy, arrogant, cal-
lous, aggrieved, self-absorbed, petty,
mean-spirited, spiteful, greedy, envi-
ous, ill-mannered and malicious, in
some measure, some of the time.

Every day is the dawn of a new error.

WHEN WERE YOU HAPPIEST?
f you make others be-
lieve that you are the
cause of their happi-
ness, you can gener-
ally feel completely de-
lighted with yourself.

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK I’M
RUDE IF I PUT MY ARGU-
MENTS FORCEFULLY, AND
AM STRAIGHTFORWARD IN
MY CRITICISM. DON’T YOU
DO THE SAME?

sharp tongue does
not mean you have
a keen mind. If you
can’t suffer fools
easily, be sure you
are not one; then
you, and others, can be comfort-
able with your
directness.

People are tossed
about in a capricious sea of unknow-
able, indiscriminate circumstances.
Some drown. Some survive.
Some thrive.

Beethoven accepted his fate but he
refused to allow it to determine his
destiny. Sadly, almost none of us
possesses both Beethoven’s genius
and will, and can do little more than
flail about in our sea of circumstance.

All of them.
And they are far from being sins. Rather, they are all very
uplifting, and create a balanced and engaged life.
PRIDE
SLOTH
ENVY
LUST
ANGER
GREED
GLUTTONY
Without it, what is the point of getting up?