I can, therefore I am.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Know or listen to those who know.
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.