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1) "Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all

yourselves!!"

2)"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are

screwed first."

3)"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."

4)"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-

interests. This is a bitter truth."

5)" Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What

the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory

answers to these questions, go ahead."

6)"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."

7)"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."

8)"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it.

People who work sincerely are the happiest."

9)"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a

person spreads in all direction."

10)"God is present in your feelings. The soul is your temple."

11) "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."

12) "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships

will never give you any happiness."

13) "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By

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the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best

friends."

14) "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."

15) "Education is the Best Friend. An Educated Person is Respected Everywhere. Education

beats the Beauty and the Youth."

The basic tenets of psychoanalysis include the following:

1. human behavior, experience and cognition are largely determined by innate and

irrational drives;

2. those drives are largely unconscious; 

3. attempts to bring those drives into awareness meet psychological resistance in

the form of  defence mechanisms; 

4. beside the inherited constitution of personality, one's development is determined

by events in early childhood;

5. conflicts between conscious view of reality and unconscious (repressed) material

can result in mental disturbances such as neurosis, neurotic traits, anxiety,

depression etc.;6. the liberation from the effects of the unconscious material is achieved through

bringing this material into the consciousness (via e.g. skilled guidance).[1] 

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Worth Reading:

 A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an

audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the

"half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired:

"How heavy is this glass of water?"

 Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If 

I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my

arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the

weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

She continued, "The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think

about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they

begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed  – 

incapable of doing anything."

It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you

can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the

night. Remember to put the glass down!