The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.
Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.