True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.

When I take a break, even just a brief one, the creative energy flows in. Only then do I have anything of value to share with others. Once I recognized this, I stopped feeling guilty about taking time for myself.

I have heard that, with some persons, temperance _ that is, moderation _ is almost impossible; and if abstinence be an evil (which some have doubted), no one will deny that excess is a greater. Some parents have entirely prohibited their children from tasting intoxicating liquors; but a parent__ authority cannot last for ever; children are naturally prone to hanker after forbidden things; and a child, in such a case, would be likely to have a strong curiosity to taste, and try the effect of what has been so lauded and enjoyed by others, so strictly forbidden to himself _ which curiosity would generally be gratified on the first convenient opportunity; and the restraint once broken, serious consequences might ensue.

You don't have to be like anyone else. You just need to learn more about your own creative self and start blooming.

Evil exemplifies the contemptuous transgression and annihilation of virtue.

The most frightful of all spectacles is the strength of the civilization without its mercy.