#self-improvement

"Your world of poverty can be recreated to that of affluence simply by speaking the Prince's language."

"FBI vs. CIA When a person works for the FBI for 20 years and retires,he gets a watch.When a person works for the CIA for 20 years and retires,he gets watched.I know this not because I'm in law enforcement or with the NSA ~I know this because I have HBO."

"One Philosophical Question, Two Faces [10w] 'Is life wort living?' is tantamount to'Does God exist?"

"A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it."

"A Poem Must Have an Accomplice If you cannot bamboozle the reader into becoming a willing accomplice to your artifice and collusion the poem won't fly."

"You're My Favorite' If you want all your children to know they're your favorite,give them all the same nameand whisper this confession in all their earswith the promise not to telltheir brothers and sisters."

"Toasts During the hymeneal repast,The guest stood silent as toasts were cast.The Best Man bore witness to a dozen years pastThe Bridesmaid joked about a relationship that wouldn’t lastThe groom listened and held the hand of the brideKnowing his real toast was buttered on the other side."

"Self-Sufficiency [10w] When God closes a door,buy a Sawzall from Home Depot."

"War [10w] Fight wars not to win, but so our enemies don't."

"Hermits vs. Rising Real Estate Costs [10w] Hermits can no longer afford a cabin in the woods."

"How we relate with other people is dependent on how we rate ourselves and what we think about ourselves."

"When you are drowned by your sorry state, and you feel as if you are carried away from the road that leads to your desires, you should know that you are the one responsible for being led away from the right path."

"Lost vs. Lost We get lost twice in life.The first stems from uncertainty,when we try to find what our dreams truly are.The more profound feeling of being lost is existential, and comes unforeseen, after we finally fulfill our dreams.To survive the latter, we must create an entirely new set of dreams."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"Compassion and Self-Neglect [10w] Compassionate people know how to care of everybody but themselves."

"Die Alone It is man's tragic fate to die alone,therefore, we must carefully choose who we die alone with."

"Pushkin When Pushkin came to Shovekin all hell broke loose."

"Promising vs. Promises A promising life comes from a childhood without broken promises."

"Embittered [10w] "His heart blistered like paint peeling from an old rig."

"Garden [10w] A garden is a poem written with flowers on earth."