The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.

Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear.

When you take an action to improve humanity, you are happy.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Upon hearing the news I felt completely emptied. Emptied of life, feeling, and hope. I felt as if my very soul had left my body.

If you wish to write, write.

I've always been a person who is driven.

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.

If we truly want to learn, we never learn when we are talking. We only learn when we are listening.

I used to think that a guy telling me I'm "not like other girls" was a compliment and I've now flipped to seeing that for the back-handed compliment that it is.

Change your focus from making money to serving more people. Serving people makes the money come in.