The toxic behaviors were there before you decided to enter into relationships with them. The signs were there. You may have chosen to look the other way, but the signs were there.—Psychotherapist from Type 1 Sociopath

Manage your relationships. Great relationships may not be profitable, but bad ones always result in losses.

The difficult people who we encounter can be our greatest teachers.

We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us.

Feeling compassion toward a dangerous person will not lead you to submit to them or put yourself at risk or condone their actions. What it does simply, is relieve your anxiety – which immediately makes you stronger and more resilient.

A common mistake people make is assuming compassion requires some kind of action they’re not ready to take. In other words, if I feel compassion for this dangerous, havoc-wreaking person (or for my tedious co-workers, the guy who cut me off in traffic, my abusive parents, that politician, etc.) then I’ll have to drop everything I’m into and go hug and try to heal or help...or...do something I don’t know how to do. Not so. Compassion begins within; the compassion you have for yourself will guide you to act or detach with regard for your own well-being.

In order to master compassion, you have to spend time getting to know monsters. When you can do that you will see that there are no monsters, only people that acted like monsters because no one gave them the time or compassion to hear their story.

The difficulties in life are vital for our personal growth and well-being.

There are only two kinds of people who can drain your energy: those you love, and those you fear. In both instances it is you who let them in. They did not force their way into your aura, or pry their way into your reality experience.

Relationships with negative people are simply tedious encounters with porcupines. You don’t have the remote knowledge how to be close to them without quills being shot in your direction.

Lady Vennaway is a horrible, horrible woman, is she not, Cookie?'Cook hesitated. "Everyone has their own story, even those we find the hardest. Best to accept things the way they are and count your blessings.

Never allow carping critics to deter you from success. Instead, silence them with it.

Always remember that you can explain things for people, but you can't comphrend for them.