I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.
We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we’re not good enough.
Being willing makes you able.
Where you begin doesn't matter. Your willingness to start is what counts.
If you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet.
Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have.
Each precious moment of your life in which you are frozen with fear is a moment when you are not being all you can be. In the end, that hurts more than anything. Succeeding or failing does not determine if we are surviving or living. Rather it is in our ability to reach beyond our present self-imposed definition of who we are, and to risk becoming more, that we are able to feel fully alive.
How can anyone think so insanely that the human life has the same value and mankind, the same morality, independent of numbers? It is lucid to me that everytime a new child is born, the value of every human in world decreases slightly. It is obvious to me that the morality of the population explosion is wholly unlike than when man was a sparse, noble species in its beginning.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to thought, filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy.
I love classical music; I love the way it's worked. . . all those chord sequences so I often use that sort of effect in my solos.