The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem.
A responsible person is one who responds.
Life stands still when mankind is afraid to take a chance.
Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous.
Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of.
I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely what I want to say with my art.
To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way.
The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor the more your love of God will increase.
I, of course, meditate for two hours every morning. It's part of my schedule; I wake up at 4 a. m. every day and I love it.
Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove you haven't got what it takes.
Just as the light and weightless vegetation of saltpeter floats over the old walls of houses as soon as the owner gets careless, so the literary vocation springs up in you.