Oneself Quotes

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don’t worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.

We aren’t exactly emptying the oceans; it’s more like clear-cutting a forest with thousands of species to create massive fields with one type of soybean.

Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.

Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

One thing about prejudices — once you break one of them, you’re screwed, because then they all have got to go.