Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.

Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of read more

Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy.

I have just about all I can take of myself.

I have just about all I can take of myself.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm read more

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It read more

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. read more

We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out of the back of this garbage compost, it is very stable. You are not running from anything. You can have a sense of artistic security. If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.