Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in.
Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.
Sören Kierkegaard has another answer: human existence is possible as existence not in despair, as existence not in tragedy; it is possible as existence in faith. . . Faith is the belief that in God the impossible is possible, that in Him time and eternity are one, that both life and death are meaningful.
Well, I don't look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one.
Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing. . . . You have to dig deep and that can be hard for anybody, no matter what profession. I feel that I need to actually push myself to the limit to feel happy with the end result.
And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.