Opportunity is often dressed up in work clothes.
I have leukemia, and my chemotherapy has destroyed my immune system.
There's just no more compelling a story, no more compelling an issue, no more compelling a locus of human suffering than Sudan.
Sudan, I've come to discover, is a country which, once it gets hold of you, does not let go.
I don't think I have the stamina anymore and I certainly don't have the health.
I never wake up wondering whether the day is going to be a meaningful one or whether my labors are gonna be worthwhile. They may be futile, but it doesn't mean they're not important, in a moral sense and in an historical sense.
One corpse in a well destroys the viability of the well.
Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.
When we were young, there weren't very many smart people in the investment world. You should have seen the people in the bank trust departments. Now, there are armies of smart people at private investment funds, etc. If there were a crisis now, there would be a lot more people with a lot of money ready to take advantage.
I was trained in the Society of the Inner Light. Now that requires that you spend a certain amount of time in meditation, it also requires that you spend this time in early morning, because they say you're closer to the sleep state at that point.
Because reputation lags achievement, we should expect people to reach the zenith of their reputation well past the zenith of their productive output