You never find yourself until you face the truth.
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.