I have a fundamental faith in folk, that people are interesting and good.
Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it. " - Vronksy {Anna Karenina}
A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives
Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
You consider war to be inevitable? Very good. Let everyone who advocates war be enrolled in a special regiment of advance-guards, for the front of every storm, of every attack, to lead them all!
I don't allow myself to doubt myself even for a moment.
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.
Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power to resist his blandishments by deadly force, and you'll get a perfect idea of how a Charles Schumer or a George Bush feels about armed taxpayers.
If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention.
Commitment is the match that lights the fire.
If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, thats what you aim for.