She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was not sorry.

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

Sometimes writing is just rubbing words together long enough to make a fire.

The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological wilderness.

You are you. Now, isn't that unpleasant?

I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.

Often, in the student's confusion, she or he directs anger at the teacher, blaming them for the pain they are experiencing, or for their own mistakes.

Sometimes one feels that it would be merciful to tear down these houses, for they must often dream.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Teaching has never been far from my life. It's the most natural thing I do. Apparently, as I said, I cannot not do it.