No king has a throne more beautiful than a bench covered with the autumn leaves!

Back in our apartment, lights out, The Professor emerged from beneath the bed." - from "The Professor Spends the Night," in issue 4 of Literary Orphans

Life equates to being fairly simple at times. Although we have the tendency and unbelievable ability to complicate things. So I suggest we go to the basics. Do unto others as you would have others do...

Does talking to yourself in the voice of your fictional character count as being social?

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

The means and the results, the good and the bad, are within all of us who are aware and care.

Give An African Child Or Adult A Enabled Environment And Proper Facilities Like In The West And See The Many Great Wonders That Would Be Manifested Through This Often Criticized Race. In My Own Case I...

It was his home now. But it could not be his home till he had gone from it and returned to it. Now he was the Prodigal Son.

Judging others is too often escapism dressed in the garb of righteous indignation, whereby I dutifully point out in others that which I probably should be pointing out in myself.

Concerning the gods I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, or what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the short...

Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.

The young must learn to appreciate the wisdom of elderly people and learn from their life experiences.

Until a seed falls to the ground and dies, it does not become a tree that later yields many fruits and multitude of seeds. We must embrace the thought of death for us to have greater lives.

Ninja's understand that training time is never wasted time.

If you are a worrywart you can't be a ninja. You can't rise up and fight when the weight of the world is pressing you down. Your family needs you to be sane and not bogged down in fear.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

I agree that sometimes it is difficult to choose between right and wrong, but not between right and stupid.

If we misread the blueprint of our life, we need not be ashamed of backtracking on our chosen options. Admitting to mistakes may make us human and maybe great again. ("Sisyphus' hardship on the hill")

I love my ex so much I printed out all his pictures. After all, I need him for target practice. And I just love customised toilet paper and doormats. My only regret is that those items don't bear his...

Don't be an escort to people on their way to success, for it is equally as if you're a sign post, leading the way, and rusting at the end.