I'm too small for the universe to revolve around me. It is a huge relief!
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times.
. . . many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
You are a child of the universe.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Smaller movies are great because you don't have to argue with so many people all the time. But really I like arguing so there's a balance either way.
Definitely, and it's getting more spiritual. Pretty soon I believe people will have to rely on music to get some kind of peace of mind, or satisfaction, or direction, actually. More so than politics, the big ego scene. You know it's an art of words. . . Meaning nothing. Therefore you will have to get an earthier substance, like music or the arts.
It is up to us to organize the people. As for the reactionaries in China, it is up to us to organize the people to overthrow them. Everything reactionary is the same; if you do not hit it, it will not fall. This is also like sweeping the floor; as a rule, where the broom does not reach, the dust will not vanish of itself.
Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men.