It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.
. . . no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love.
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time.
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart.
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
Ugly girls generally don't become successful in music. And it sucks because it's a standard that just exists.
When I do things my way, I exhaust pleasure very quickly. It is not that Christianity has failed to teach me how to delight in God's presence; it is that I have failed by seeking pleasure through godless ways or by resisting God's provision for me because it is not what I want.
'May the Force be with you' is charming but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.