"Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they are cut, you're the one that bleeds."
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"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."
"Love is a hidden treasure. You never know you have it until someone special reveals it."
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"I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. 'Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with."
"Until ignorance, of one’s own Self (the Soul), is removed, illusory attachment (moha) will not go away."
"Life goal: Swim in a lake full of soup, and instead of bathing suits we’ll wear Ziploc bags while we make love like we’re feeding the homeless."
"Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them."
"LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy."
"Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us."
"A string of burglaries is a crime necklace. Everything I have can be stolen except love, because I give it all away."
"Healing Follows Forgiveness"
"Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions."
"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth."
"Hustling [10w] Fishing's the world's oldest profession;only the bait has changed."
"I drink coffee like steam is the ghost of dead water. Ever tried inhaling the afterlife?"
"Deux choses sont infinies : l’Univers et la bêtise humaine. Mais, en ce qui concerne l’Univers, je n’en ai pas encore acquis la certitude absolue."
"Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana."
"My mother-in-law got so angry at me she vowed she’d never speak to me again, and I smiled and gave thanks for the little miracle God worked in my life."
"He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is."
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