Colson Whitehead Quote

Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.

Your personal truth is your gift to the world.

Grow your courage by remembering each day is a gift.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.

I once took a poo in the woods while hunched over like an animal. It was AWESOME.

I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you reall...

You are rich if your heart is filled with an abundance of love.

Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.

It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.