Mai-San

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
― Frederick Douglass

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”
― Lao Tzu

“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”
― Harrington Emerson

“Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help