Do not befriend kings until you have trained yourself to obey them in matters that are reprehensible to you; to agree with them on matters that you disagree with; to appraise things according to their desires rather than to yours.
Befriending Kings (and Queens) opens doors and brings riches beyond your wildest imagination; it only costs your soul.
“The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.”
― How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
― How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
“The only people who never make mistakes and never experience failure are those who never try.”
― Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
― Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
“Physical and emotional sensitivity are so closely linked that if you take Tylenol to numb a headache, research shows you will score lower on an empathy test until the medication wears off.”
― Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World
― Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World
“Even when you know someone well, I find that if you don’t talk about the little things on a regular basis, it’s hard to talk about the big things.”
― How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
― How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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