We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. read more

We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out of the back of this garbage compost, it is very stable. You are not running from anything. You can have a sense of artistic security. If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular read more

To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.

The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us read more

The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.

Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.

Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.