I think that many people have forgotten that, if knowledge is to have any meaning, if it is to be useful, it should have an impact in the world. — Angela Davis

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For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

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Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. — Andrew Carnegie

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How often the process of construction starts with destruction. ― Cynan Jones

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When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure. ― Viktor E. Frankl

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Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.

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I believe in the power of love, and planting positive thought seeds into the collective consciousness. ― Jay Woodman

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At the threshold of pain is power. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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I am alive in 21st Century America. I have a voice. Let it serve as a corrective to the violent and reckless power that stands against the force of love. ― Tracy K. Smith

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For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word. - Catherine Drinker Bowen

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