I feel as though whenever I create something, my Mr. Hyde wakes up in the middle of the night and starts thrashing it. I sometimes love it the next morning, but other times it is an abomination.
Cleverness isn’t always true nor is the truth always clever.
The hated man is the result of his hater’s pride rather than his hater’s conscience.
Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.
I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.
Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.
Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.
An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite; he becomes more independent.
Ultimate prosperity is one’s value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.
I only seem negative to the fortunate. That’s because I show the less fortunate that they aren’t less fortunate after all.
Imagination doesn’t always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.
The devil’s happy when the critics run you off.
Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.
When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn’t climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing.
As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.
The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it.
Women rescue men just as much as, if not more than, men rescue women.
Anger’s like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me.