No one became wise without almost drowning in the waters of foolishness and then grabbing the rope of self sacrifice.

To be able to increase self-understanding, solitude is your best friend.

I've paid a price for avoiding a banal life, and I'll keep paying it.

You can't insulate yourself from tough times. But you can use tough times to overcome self-victimization.

You can't insulate yourself from tough times. But you can use tough times to overcome self-victimization.”

The more I tried to live my life on other people's terms, the more I kept thinking that I'm wrong; wrong about my identity, wrong about my feelings, wrong about my style of communication, and what I wanted to do in life. Then suddenly I realized that there must be something grossly wrong with this sort of approach to life. That was the beginning of my journey of self discovery.