#wisdom

"Regret [10w] Regret's more about lost opportunities than about paths we've chosen."

"The Poet's Mind In so many ways I walk ablaze in a maze,my eyes in a glaze, my mind in a daze,this poem's just a phrase in the latency phase,rephrase, rephrase, rephrase..."

"Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none."

"The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers."

"There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky."

"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

"Sixty is the New Fifty The good news is sixty is the new fifty.The bad news is twenty is the new ten."

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

"The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you."

"Family {Couplet} For my misery, family brings relief,tripling my joy, halving my grief.This aesthetic arithmetic's quite poetic,an accounting surmounting odds unsympathetic.Now there seems no hardship I cannot withstand,accompanied by my exponential, familial band."

"Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up"

"Pushkin When Pushkin came to Shovekin all hell broke loose."

"Penetration [10w] The difference between truism and an enlightened [10w] is penetration."

"A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason."

"What Women Want [10w] What women want is a feeling of security with abs."

"Before It's Too Late [10w] Life's too transient to waste time hating ~plot revenge now!"

"May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you..."

"Talking to Myself I used to talk to myself until myself criticized myself.Now I'm giving myself the silent treatment."

"Hustling [10w] Fishing's the world's oldest profession;only the bait has changed."