1. You can’t change other people, and it’s rude to try.
читать дальше2. It is 100 times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place.
3. Bad moods will come and go your whole life, and trying to force them away makes them run deeper and last longer.
4. Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be.
5. Whenever you’re worried about what others will think of you, you’re really just worried about what you’ll think of you.
6. Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it.
7. If you never doubt your beliefs, then you’re wrong a lot.
8. Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.
9. Whenever you hate something, it hates you back: people, situations and inanimate objects alike.
10. Anger reveals weakness of character, violence even moreso.
11. Humans cannot destroy the planet, but we can destroy its capacity to keep us alive. And we are.
12. Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see.
13. A person who is unafraid to present an unedited version of herself to the world is as rare as diamonds.
14. Blame is the favorite pastime of those who dislike responsibility.
15. Everyone you meet is better than you at something.
16. Knowledge is belief, nothing more.
17. Indulging your desires is not self-love.
18. What makes human beings different from animals is that animals can be themselves with ease.
19. Revenge is for the petty and irresponsible.
20. The world would be a better place if everyone read National Geographic.
21. If you aren’t happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship.
22. Addiction is a much greater problem in society than it’s made out to be. It’s present in every person in
23. There is nothing worse than having no friends.
24. Justice is a human invention which is in reality rarely achievable, but many will not hesitate to destroy lives demanding it.
25. Most of what children learn from their parents isn’t taught on purpose.
26. Nothing — ever — happens exactly like you pictured it.
27. A good nine out of ten bad things I worry about never happen. A good nine out of ten bad things that did happen never occurred to me to worry about.
28. There is no point finishing a book you aren’t enjoying. Life is too short for that. Swallow your pride and put it down for good, unfinished.
29. Life is a solo trip, but you’ll have lots of visitors. Some of them are long-term, most aren’t.
30. Wishing things were different is a great way to torture yourself.