He that loves to be flattered is worthy o’ the flatterer. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o’ the flatterer. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
A man can understand what is similar to something already existing in himself. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
We can only give what we have. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
I am fully qualified to work as a doorkeeper, and for this reason: What is inside me, I don’t let out: What is outside me, I don’t let in. If someone comes in, he goes right out again — He has nothing to do with me at all. I am a Doorkeeper of the Heart, not a lump of wet […]
Man is nothing but contradiction; the less he knows it the more dupe he is. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
It is dangerous to abandon one’s self to the luxury of grief, for it deprives one of courage and even the wish for recovery. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Great men are the true men, the men in whom Nature has succeeded. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
No varnish can hide the grain of the wood… the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Your disposition will be suitable to that which you most frequently think about, for the spirit is, as it were, tinged with the color and complexion of its own thoughts. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Instead of every man directing his energies to freeing himself, to transforming his conception of life, people seek for an external united method of gaining freedom, and continue to rivet their chains faster and faster. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)