We all survive more than we think we can.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

We must clean ourselves of any impurity.We must clear our cities of any dirt."For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness." 1 Thessalonians 4:7

The first thing you need to know in order to properly measure your time is that you must not delay.

The world is full of educated derelicts

One of the inevitable in life is, if you consistently push yourself hard enough with a very strategic plan, the outcomes of your life would never be like they were in the past.

Throughout my work is the idea, over and over, that we must all learn to respect one another.

There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.

It is not necessary to live, But to carve our names beyond that point, This is necessary.

My focus is on always trying to treat the inevitable highs and lows of life with the same blissful, calm energy.

It’s hard to see the whole picture when you are in the frame.

I can’t be sure, of course, but I’d compare it to living on tofu and soy milk; we call ourselves vegetarians, our little inside joke. - Edward Cullen