It was best not to think, not to analyze. It was best to accept and act.
Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm?
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.
There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale as if it were a horror story left open on a table.
The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.
If there's labour shortages, we issue work permits. It's as simple as that.
So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the principle of surrender. The principle of surrender is that, after you have done all that you can do, and you've done your best and given it your all, you then have to release it to whatever you call God, or don't call God.
you can't set down and stand up at the same time, each situation has its advantages, but you can't be in both places at once. . . it can't be did.
Life doesn't have to be hard, life is on your side.