When teaching someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary, and more from the way the boundary is established.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Righteousness acts never in its own interest, but in the interest of fellow men.

Love thyself first to love others.

Shouldn't there be more distaste in our mouths for the abusers than for those who continue to love the abusers?

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies, Elliott Smith, and a ton of 70's AM radio hits. I love powerpop too.

A world revolution to a higher social order, a world order, or utter downfall lies before us all.

I can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive.

You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning.

Sadistic literature is not only inhumane. It is anti-human.