For me, recovery and self-care are inextricably connected. My recovery from abuse, addiction, and a suicide attempt required dumptruck loads of self-care.

I have gained wisdom from leaning into my pain, in not allowing the hounds of hell to snap at my heels anymore. Now I turn around, call them by name, and let them know I am prepared to fight.

The trouble with fiction, " said John Rivers, "is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.

The Henty books provide training in history and in many of the highest aspects of human character... American young people should read not a few Henty books, but all 99 of them.

Enlightenment isn't found with a full stomach, or on a soft pillow.

Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.

To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference.

Be yourself. Play within yourself. Play your own game.

Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.

I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.

Why, in our age of science, [do] we still have laws and policies which come from an age of superstition?

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.