Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. - Carl Jung

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. -Henry David Thoreau

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. -Henry Ward Beecher

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. -Dr. Wayne Dyer

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is possible to hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and gently stroking its stomach. -Fun Fact Friday

With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Here is how you know if your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.... -Probably a shit ton of people

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. -May Sarton

A man’s ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth—whether rich or poor. –Henry Ward Beecher

The holidays are a time to practice patience, listening, and being present. -Johnny Elsasser

The opposite of control is acceptance- not acting on every thought or resigning yourself to negativity but responding to your ideas and emotions with an open attitude, paying attention to them and letting yourself experience them. -Susan David and Christina Congleton

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. - Immanuel Kant

There are many who think that they are marvelous if they can simply resemble a great man in some one thing; and often they seize only on the defect he has. -Baldesar Castiglione

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Meditating is also a means for you to move beyond your analytical mind so that you can access your subconscious mind. That’s crucial, since the subconscious is where all your bad habits and behaviors that you want to change reside. - Dr. Joe Dispenza

There is abundant evidence that masculinities are multiple, with internal complexities and even contradictions; also that masculinities change in history, and that women have a considerable role in making them, in interaction with boys and men.  -Raewyn Connell

As men we need to understand that core principle in which our masculinity resides. Only then can we determine if it serves us in being the man we want to be.

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. - Epictetus

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. -Seneca