I would have started writing a lot earlier if I hadn't been [Arthur Miller's daughter].
You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never.
To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him. . . two.
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teaching cannot go far wrong. How easy that seems! Has any one ever done so? Never. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through the fire.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.
We all get to choose where we set up the stage of our lives - before the Crowds, the Court, the Congregation, the Critics (inner or otherwise)-- or the Cross of Christ. All except One will assess your performance. Only One will accept you before your performance. . . Only in Jesus is there 100% acceptance before even 1% performance.
Natural movement is the shortest way to an effective result. Like the way the water runs, it always finds the right way.
Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.
When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.