To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Never complain and never explain.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Know or listen to those who know.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.
In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.