Ive always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.

One danger of a man succeeding is that it teaches his wife and daughter not to worry about success.

The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.

Hazing is both testing and training to subordinate self to the team.

The government passed more laws to protect women from dirty jokes than to protect men from death by faulty rafters at a construction site.

If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?

Men are not only women's unpaid bodyguards, they actually pay to be a woman's bodyguard.

I define power as control over ones life. A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.

When women are at the height of their beauty power and exercise it, we call it marriage. When men are at the height of their success power and exercise it, we call it a mid-life crisis.

And then I noticed the dandelions.

Elfangor laughed in my mind. "You don't have to give up your principles to win. Isn't there always an alternative to sacrifice if you just keep your mind clear, and step back, and see it, and..."

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained.

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

He who does not believe in hell is in the greatest danger of landing there.

Making movies is like herding cats.

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

I was just wondering why you stabbed him. Not that I object.

I am patient and loving with my fearful thoughts. Be patient and loving with every fearful thought. Practice observing your fears as a witness, and you'll see them dissolve.