The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Every advantage has its tax

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.