Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

If you train people properly, they won't be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier.

People who keep journals have life twice

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

To find and enjoy profound happiness, learn from nature and emulate her stoic calmness.

When we realize that we are not the mind, we do not exist as a labled person. We also experience “all circus around us” does not exist either.

The only way you can own this moment is to evict the victim mentality from the dwelling of your mind.

Willingness to be puzzled is a valuable trait to cultivate, from childhood to advanced inquiry.

No matter the level of sacrifices they may demand, it's far better to occupy yourself with your goals than to leave them unattended.

A tiny spark ignites a flame, just as a helping hand can do the same

Forgive me if I don't shake hands.

Even a little dog can piss on a big building.

Aside from the nagging, he's the most entertaining hallucination I've ever had.

I think the most interesting thing is what happens next.