Whatever's most important to you is your god. If it's not the Rock Christ Jesus, then it's sand!
Nothing makes you feel more stupid than finding out you were wrong when you thought you were loved.
Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe even please a few strangers.
Remember you love writing. It wouldn't be worth it if you didn't. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back.
Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers write. On you go.
A good roast of sun, it slows you, lets you relax–and out here if there's anything wrong, you can see it coming with bags of time to do what's next. This is the place and the weather for peace, for the cultivation of a friendly mind.
We are not all connected. We are bags of skin. We are all separate bags of thinking skin.
In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies because of my arrogance.
It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.
There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.