Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

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The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never...

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never...

The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her...

The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her...

No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.

No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.

The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild,...

The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild,...

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine...

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine...

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

If a single person in a country is cold or hungry, the leader is at...

If a single person in a country is cold or hungry, the leader is at...

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him...

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him...

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

When important issues affecting the life of an individual are decided by somebody else, it...

When important issues affecting the life of an individual are decided by somebody else, it...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read,...

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read,...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and...

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and...

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.