Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
I've been called many things. But I suppose 'the devil' is as good a name as any.
All the most powerful emotions come from chaos -fear,anger,love- especially love. Love is chaos itself. Think about it! Love makes no sense. It shakes you up and spins you around. And then, eventually , it falls apart.
You’re never ready for the truth. No matter how much you think you know, it always takes you by surprise.
Sometimes when we're in love, we take the facts and spin them into pretty stories. But it's a dangerous thing to do--because one day, like it or not, you're going to see the world as it really is. You find out people aren't always who you want them to be. And if you're not ready for the truth. . . well, let's just say it can come as a bit of a shock.
My faith is big enough to accept all of God's wonders.
I look for you in every life, but I don't always find you. And sometimes I find you too late.
I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people.
Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest filled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.
I look for places where there's no one out on the water. I'd rather surf a wave to myself than fight a crowd.
Either the conscious intellect is impotent, or is not sufficiently strong, or is not the factor positively connected with altruistic phenomenon generally or their sublime form particularly.