Aphorisms
is aiming for it. And if you don’t know how to hold the ball
well, others will steal it from you.”
“I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger.”
“I wish there was a mirror in the sky, to tell me why I cry.”
“I wish you stayed a little longer, but thank you because
now I’m stronger.”
“I wonder if anyone else ever noticed how uncommon
common sense really is. Shouldn’t it be called something
like uncommon sense?”
“I would rather be sleeping with awaken conscience then
be awake with a sleeping conscience.”
“I would rather be told twice than not at all.”
“I would rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.”
“I would rather live on a flat earth with open eyes, than on
a spherical earth with my eyes closed.”
“I would rather try and change a heart than a thousand
minds. As a mind can be changed through persuasion,
but a heart through experience.”
“I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success
at something I hate.”
“I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten
thousand stars how not to dance.”
“I’ll fake all the smiles, if it stops all the questions.”
“I’m an artist. Not because I’m good at drawing or writing.
I’m an artist because every part of me works as a tool to
externalize my deepest self.”
“I’m bad in English, but I can tell you “I love you.”
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