“When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass.”

“Hold tight to what is most yourself,Don't squander it, don't let your lifeBe governed by what disturbs you.”

“Good men's actions are naturalWhile a scoundrel's charityIs carefully planned to please.”

“Some people are like an open grave:You give it the thing you love mostAnd then get nothing in return.”

“Self-care is never selfish, but it may feel that way when you live a frenzied life.”

“And if I'd be left alone in the woods again, I smiled to think how I'd find new gifts and thrive. At the end of a long trail and the beginning of the rest of my life, I was committed to always lovi...”

“I wish that people would stop destroying other people just because they were once destroyed.”

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.”

“Let hunger sharpen your awareness. Abstain liquor and frivolous recreation, which dull the mind and weaken the body.”

“Writing entails undertaking a spiritual journey, an exploration of the blemished self that is delightfully challenging, painfully arduous, and unfathomably rewarding. Writing allows an admittedly f...”