Wise Words: Henry David Thoreau: speak truth

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Wise Words: William Plomer

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.

Wise Words: Isabel Allende

Literature has to be believable while real life seldom is.

Wise Words: George W. Crane

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade in public. Never clothe them in vulgar and shoddy attire.

Wise Words: Thomas Mann

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Wise Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement – get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible. Never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Wise Words: Thurgood Marshall

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

Wise Words: James Joyce

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives.

Wise Words: Eeyore

This writing business. Pencils and what not. Overrated if you ask me.

Wise Words: P. D. James

The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.