The important thing of any time you live in is to be in love yourself. You float above your time then. It's what you want that counts, not what your time wants.
During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.
In my 20s, I was more cynicaldespairing (even though I still wrote comically), but I often sent audiences home with rather dark last moments. After a while though, I don't want to send the audience home bummed out, or distressed. . . I want to see what's hopeful. I'm not overly cheery all the time, and yet I'm not suicidal either. I do think people can make choices that make their lives happier.
Make a commitment to having fun. See your best friends and make time for your hobbies and passions.
The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you’re aware of him, and pretty soon because of that he’s aware of you more and more of the time.
Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.
I don't know of a guitar player that has only one guitar. They're never happy with one. I'm never happy with just one of them. I woke up and ended up with six, even if you can only play one at a time!
For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?
When you're the most happening person at the party, it's time to leave
He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.
I find that I have painted my life, things happening in my life - without knowing. After painting the shell and shingle many times, I did a misty landscape of the mountain across the lake, and the mountain became the shape of the shingle - the mountain I saw out my window, the shingle on the table in my room. I did not notice that they were alike for a long time after they were painted.
You have to say no to something else, in order to make time to pray.
I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts. '
Miserable Orpheus who, turning to lose his Eurydice, beholds her for the first time as well as the last.
Money gives you the freedom to do with your time what you want to do with it
The universe is the baby of time.
There is a time when the word "eventually" has the soothing effect of a promise, and a time when the word evokes in us bitterness and scorn.
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment. . . 'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love -- which is to transform us. ' Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling.
We love God with our mind by taking the time to fill our mind with the Word.
One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you.