“We wait always for something that does not come.”

The first draft of anything is shit.

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

The best writing is certainly when you are in love.

No one ever stopped when they were winning.

When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.

There is no such thing as great writing – there is only great re-writing!

Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.

Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

Look at things and listen and feel.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

For every laugh, there should be a tear.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Those who are hardest to love need it the most.

You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.

All suffering is caused by ignorance.

There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.