Problems are messages.
Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society.
Art is a part of the rebellion against the realities of its unfulfilled desire.
I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.
The most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don't give it to us in peace, we will take it by force.
What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine!
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place [if we anticipate and look for it, rather than wallow in our 'supposed loss'. It can be helpful to think of the loss of that blessing as simply necessary to make way for another different blessing].
For most of my life, when I've finished the book I'm writing, there've always been as many as two or three other novels waiting to be written next. And the decision driving which one of them it should be was never based on how long it had waited or how many accumulated pages of notes I had.
It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you.
One gem from that ocean is worth all the pebbles from earthly streams.