• For couples, emphasize growth, not fusion.
  • The best friends, lovers, family members bring out and encourage the best in you.
  • Your most important relationship is the one you have with yourself; surround yourself with those who respect that, and don’t ask you to sacrifice authenticity or autonomy.
  • When considering entering into a relationship, ask: does the desire stem more from celebration and excitement or surrender and longing?
  • In human relations, maximize freedom - let people walk away and remove neediness (and demand the same in return).
  • Silence: the most underrated tool in strategy and seduction.
  • If it's good today, it'll be good tomorrow.
  • We give the most to those who need us the least.
  • Couples who "fight well" are really just skilled relationship "problem solvers."
  • You know what matters by what emotionally moves you.
  • Fantasy utopias - in government, relationships, business - don't withstand reality's collision.  
  • Seek the best tested outcome, not the best conceivable one.