“One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.”
"Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Creativity
"Don’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Belief in Self
"We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Connection to Earth
"A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Education
""We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different for ourselves.""
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Philosophy
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
- Epictetus
Contentment
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."
- A. A. Milne
Contentment
"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."
- Jason Fried
Contentment
"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."
Contentment
"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."
Contentment