I advise the young to tell themselves constantly that most often it is up to them alone.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

My biggest fear is forgetting why I fell in love with writing. My biggest dream is never allowing that to happen.

We can't get the power of will with a pill." -Serena Jade

Emotions can get in the way of truth-seeking. People do not process information in a neutral way.

I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.

A good man's life is never quite ended; something of it always remains to touch and illuminate other lives.

I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I think the reason that a lot of people have to have a lot of people around is just about being smart and knowing what you want to talk about.

No one has deputized America to play Wyatt Earp to the world.

When the night falls, my lonely heart calls.