I no longer look for the good in people

I no longer look for the good in people, I search for the real… because while good is often dressed in fake clothing, real is naked and proud no matter the scars. -Chishala Lishomwa

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all. Lou Reed

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. 

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. 

If you don't like my words, don't listen. If you don't like my appearance, don't look. If you don't like my actions, turn your head; It's as simple as that.

Do not correct a fool

Do not correct a fool, or he will hate you; correct a wise man and he will appreciate you.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.~  Niccolo Machiavelli

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ~ Plato

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. Henry ~ Wadsworth Longfellow 

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. ~ Lao Tzu