Creativity is paradoxical. To create, a person must have knowledge but forget the knowledge, must see unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder, must work hard but spend time doing nothing as...

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.

You can’t shame a shameless man, you can only remind him of the awesome shit he’s done.

Who are you?’I didn’t understand the question.I’m Uri’, he said. ‘What’s your name?’I gave him my name. ‘Stopthief.

You can see ugliness or you can see beauty in the same thing – It just indicates your state of mind ~ Ramana Pemmaraju

In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.

She was considered timid and morose. Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly full of ripe fruit, running through the fields with Pedro Tercero, was she smiling and happy....

All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I’m afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

You have two choices in life…Choice one is to be the same and be like everyone else…Choice two is to be yourself and be a difference-maker.

If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.

There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe.

I cut the wood however I like, but it’s the grain that decides the strength and shape of it. You can add and subtract memories from people, but it isn’t just your memory that makes...

Flair is what makes the difference between artistry and mere competence. Cmdr. William Riker

The feeling was less like chemical intoxication than being drunk on life. Spinning round and round, he experienced absolute bliss— unadulterated and unconfined—in which he transcended his own personality and became one with everything he...

With their concern for personal autonomy and individual freedom, anarchists more than any other socialists are aware of the inhumanity of both physical punishment and manipulative cure for anti-social members of the community. They look...

Be as thou wast wont to be.See as thou wast wont to see.

The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are the mask, and the perception, are reluctant to give over to the voices of the...

There’s always SOMEONE in support as long as he can be assured or he himself feels confident of getting, in return, SOMETHING beneficial of any sort.

I believe in going with the flow. I don’t believe in fighting against the flow. You ride on your river and you go with the tides and the flow. But it has to be your...

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it’s not a place on the map at all, but just a story...

When focusing only on one’s credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy, it’s dismissive. ‘But I don’t understand this person’, so they’re crazy. That’s bullshit cause people are not crazy, they strong people, maybe their environment is a little...

If a man does not keep pace with his companion, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

The thing that matters most is what matters to you, not anybody else.

A chain grows weaker with each new link.

So, Don’t Mix Up Your Way To Write Your Life Story With Others, Then Definitely It Won’t Sell. You Only Know What You’re Encountering In Every Single Step. Everyone’s Shoes Won’t Fit In Your Feet….

Nie, nie ludzie w naszym kraju nie mają umiejętności zrzeszania się i tworzenia wspólnoty, nawet pod sztandarem prawdziwka. To kraj neurotycznych indywidualistów, z których każdy, gdy tylko znajdzie się wśród innych, zaczyna ich pouczać, krytykować,...

I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find...

I won’t tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world’s voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has...

I cherished her individuality, that spark of independence no child should lose to life’s restrictions and parameters.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

Wants” can be anything from a woman wanting a man to have certain materialistic things, or she could want him to look a certain way, those are a few examples of the things that some...

I am not plain, or average or – God forbid – vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.

If only you would go to the university,” he said. “Only enlightened and holy people are interesting, it’s only they who are wanted. The more of such people there are, the sooner the Kingdom of...

I have been known to think outside of all rules. Even my own.

If I start giving people what they like I’ll turn into one of them and I don’t want to be one of them I want to be one of me.

The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

It’s our journey to search for that piece of our soul with our life’s purpose written on it.” Cinderella in Focus: Cindy’s Secret

The coolest way to be cool is to be yourself, because nobody can be you but you. Well, aside from your clone.

There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism — self-denial.

I’m myself, not a label.

The pieces of a puzzle aren’t together or apart.

your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King Saul, we are called to fight in the way God...

My mother said to me, ”If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general; if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.” Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso....

To influence a person is to give him one’s own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there...