To thine own self be true

“Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

—Heart of Gold, Heart of Lead

“Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.”

—Bird by Bird

“The heart is wiser than the intellect.”

–Josiah Gilbert Holland, Dictionary of Burning Words on Brilliant Writers, 1895

“Know thyself.”

“Music is the universal language of mankind.”

“When money speaks, the truth is silent.”

“‘Tis better to have loved and lost, /Than never to have loved at all.”

—In Memoriam

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

—Saturday Evening Post, 1929

“Man’s inhumanity to man /Makes countless thousands mourn!”

–“Man was Made to Mourn: A Dirge”

“Common sense is very uncommon.”