I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

Whatever you are doing, do with love.

A person who reads lives more than one life, but that means that they die more than once as well.

Your Writing Teacher ‏@WritingChiefIf u don't get ur protagonist dirty, ur readers will get bored. Readers are wild, cliff-jumping, mud-wrestling savages. Become their leader. (anonymous on Twitter)

You don’t appreciate the fact that madmen are very lucky.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Men who teach only men are called scholars. Women who teach only women are called political agitators.

To spend a life in dreams, that sounded too lovely.

I am attracting a new audience now, one that is more open and more spiritually inclined.

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.

Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.