When someone tells you who they are and it's positive, wait to see what they do before you believe them. When someone tells you who they are and it's negative, wait to see what they do to confirm.click to tweet

The only wrong way to live is to die.click to tweet

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. - rumiclick to tweet

We can be crushed by the weight of the things we can’t see, especially the things we refuse to see.click to tweet

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. - Virginia Woolfclick to tweet

If we understood ourselves better, we would damage ourselves less. - James Baldwinclick to tweet

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect. - Anais Ninclick to tweet