What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
Vera said: “Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?” So I told her why. Because if I tell the story, I control the version. Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me. Because if I tell the story, it doesn't hurt as much. Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.
It is the cruelest of all ironies that moderns imagine themselves to be (abstractly understood) "individuals," because in actuality moderns are "types," abstracted and self-abstractive victims of a process of stereotyping that afflicts even would-be rebels and anarchists.
I was forgiven by forgiving many things Including my long-ago childhood I was healed, but I intended [ to ] heal I've just noticed, the way I was saved by love Though I tried to keep love away.
Everyone should just drive out to the Mojave Desert and just experience it, and it's a fun place to live.