Writing about something specific, in my mind, was overwhelming, so I wrote about art because I love art and I know I can say a couple of funny things about art.
You will know the joy of action only when you are blissful by your own nature.
To simply sit here and know the tenderness of being alive means being drenched in love.
All along, you've been shaping your destiny unconsciously. But you can also work on it consciously. If you make the effort to access your core and realise that everything is your responsibility, and shift your focus inside you, then you can rewrite your destiny.
Do not try to be special. If you are simply ordinary, more ordinary than others, you will become extraordinary.
It is not your qualifications but your exposure in life that makes you who you are.
If you want to be successful, don't seek success - seek competence, empowerment; do nothing short of the best that you can do.
At any given moment, there is a sort of all pervading orthodoxy, a general tacit agreement not to discuss large and uncomfortable facts.
When it is winter and we must walk in the blizzard snow do not our fingers and toes whisper death And when winter is at last over. . . can we not hear our bellies whisper death to us In the dark don't we know And when we are paralyzed by nightmares We know what you are. With our first cries we rail against you. We see you in every drop of blood in every tear.
Some people say 'Why is a football coach concerned?' I explained I'm an American first and all Americans should care about justice.
Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.