Art and the artist meet in stages, slowly revealing themselves until both are satisfied with what the other has become.
Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome.
My father continued to tinker on the lawnmower, repairing or destroying it, it was hard to tell. If curses were magic words, the machine would’ve run like a charm in no time. It probably could’ve mowed the lawn by itself.
Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.
When we all part from this life and gather on the other side, the only thing each of us will have to share is his own story.
Empathy is a hand thick with scars offering you a bandage.
Dragons are a manifestation of things we fear. More often than not, those fears prove to be just as daunting and just as imaginary.
Fearing the night won’t keep the sun from setting.
Learning to breathe fire isn’t nearly as extraordinary as learning to breathe a word of kindness.
Fear comes at me like a massive bull with lowered horns ready to gore. But I have learned of the insubstantial nature of fear: if I stand my ground, it will pass right through me.
Fear is not respect. It is but a conniving, little weasel next to that mighty lion. They are a far, far cry from the same animal.
Every single voice – no matter how soft the peep – longs to be heard.
If only simple advice were as simple to carry out.
While fun is desirable, regret is quite the opposite.
A pang of guilt, like a blaring siren, should never be ignored.
Guilt cannot change you; it can only hint that there’s something worth your effort to change.
Chew off a little every day, because it’s hard to swallow a whole pie at once.
It may seem like the dragons tormenting you are bigger and fiercer than those lurking in your neighbor’s yard, but this is an illusion. We all face mighty dragons at home in some form.
Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.
Sometimes you save people with your words or with acts of kindness. Other times people save you. That’s what we were meant to do on this earth – be heroes.