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In short, you have only your emotions to sell. This is the experience of all writers.
Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.
Good manners will often take people where neither money nor education will take them.
I think some people are mentally unstable, and I don't think I should be around them.
Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails.
The peculiar need to write is increased, it seems, rather than allayed with practice.
If you put a woman in a man's position, she will be more efficient, but no more kind.
Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.
When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.
Humiliation, by the way, is a truly terrible emotion. It's at the bottom of the pile.
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
Love is to the soul of him who loves, what the soul is to the body which it animates.
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.
Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.
People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood; age retains its tastes by habit.
Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.
The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.
It must certainly be more dangerous to live in ignorance than to live with knowledge.
The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.
Selfless giving does not imply giving everything up - it's simply having a good time.
The most important problem for our world to solve is the inequality of men and women.
If it's not true love, then that energy will gradually wear the subtle physical down.
When you find that you're unhappy, know that it's because you're not loving properly.
Love the fading flowers as much as you love the undifferentiated which lasts forever.
Our field trips are an opportunity for you to enter into the world of mystical power.
Freedom is within oneself. But to get beyond the thoughts and desires requires power.
The world is wonderful. It is beautiful when you are in a correct level of attention.
Enlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it.
An enlightened person is someone who shifts from one plateau of knowledge to another.
Buddhism is the process of getting to that part of us that is always eternally happy.
The problem is that the dictator of the tonal wants to eliminate the mystery of life.
Tantric Zen leads to illumination and fun right here and now, which is why I like it.
Bow and offer your meditation to Eternity, as you would offer a Flower to your lover.
The mind of the Buddha is perfect because it is empty and yet it contains all things.
The people that hurt you are the ones you love because you are the most open to them.
It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography.
A story has been thought to its conclusion when it has taken its worst possible turn.
There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.
...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.
Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.
My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well.