The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.