'Gari' in Russian means "burn!". . . I want to test myself, a trial by fire, so that my 'I' is burned off.
If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.
The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
These are the moments. These are the moments where you realize love is everywhere if you look closely. When you realize happiness isn't next weekend, and it's not last week, it's right now. That was one of the best nights of my life. It felt good to know purpose. I lay in my bunk and I think of all the stories I'm in. I think about all the stories that are in my story. I think about all the stories that are left to be written. And it might be my favorite book yet.
There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football.
I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.