I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy b….

Life happened because I turned the pages..

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction..

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as som….

If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning..

Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks. For man is happy only i….

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teach….

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle..

It's cool that you found somebody that you trust..

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly..

There are half hours that dilate to the importance of centuries..

Everyone is shy - it is the inborn modesty that makes us able to live in harmony with other creatures and our fellows. Achievement comes not by denyi….

Own nothing, control everything..

Celebrities say the darnedest things..

If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, somethi….

I have nothing to say. And I am saying it. That's poetry..

Become a documentarian of what you do..

Everyday is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each..

Beauty and inspiration can be found in any natural place of the earth..

Everybody needs time to reflect and contemplate, and the most inspirational and peaceful place to do so is in nature..

I don't call myself a writer..