David Roop

We become what we pretend to be.

So we should tell our kids to do what they love, or the gap between their "real" selves and pretend selves is too great, and too damaging.

What happens in the middle, often for 10-12 hours a day, happens in a costume, and is veiled in custom and habit, collective pretending.

We are all pretending, all of the time, to some extent. I'm aware of it every time I put on a tie, and every time I take it off.

If you have to choose between the approaches of two relatively equal physicians, always choose that of the better person.

It is not strength, but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men.” - Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

remember how good it once was here, when we were all together, united by a good and a kind feeling which made us perhaps better than we are.

A poorly-defined boundary between self and other, though a recipe for pain, may be the sine qua non of unconditional love.

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Control is an illusion. The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once noted that the best way to control anything is to take advantage of its nature.

Pure, unprocessed foods include: steak, chicken, fruits, vegetables, raw nuts, butter, eggs, coconut oils, rice breads.

The key to diet is not counting calories but eating pure, unprocessed foods that don't trigger needless insulin or liver responses.

Unexpected foods to avoid to get off the insulin and excess-blood-sugar rollercoaster: orange juice,whole wheat bread,artificial sweeteners.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month. Fyodor Dostoevsky

The best day is a near-perfect balance of attachment and detachment, and then the client brings four bottles of red wine to your house.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Hemingway

"Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life." Arliss, George