Infinite possibility in all things is a certainty. That pretty much covers theology and philosophy for me.
Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values.
Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
The best feelings in your life come when you start feeling good after you’ve been feeling just awful.
An artists job is to see. And to go out in the world and see it firsthand, just as it is; to report with line and words what is seen. To be in the world, not just study about the world, that is the artists task.
But since everything and anything are always possible, the miraculous is always nearby, and wonders shall never, ever cease.
Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors.
This is an exercise in power – the power of mind over matter. If you don’t mind being inadequate, it doesn’t matter.
Desire is the intangible quality that has more impact on success than talent, education, or IQ. You can’t see desire, but you can feel its presence, and see its results in the lives of successful people.
The myth of the impossible dream is more powerful than all the facts of history.
Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period. Water comes in many forms – liquid, vapor, ice, snow, fog, rain, hail. But no matter the form, it’s still water.
Even the finest workman needs to inspect his work critically.
Dreams are more powerful than facts.
All of these are names given me by other people, but not names I would have given myself. My name is not mine, it’s theirs. It’s a series of costumes put on my life by other people.
If we could just figure out how to have more fun at it, maybe more of us would join the ranks of those who seek after justice and mercy.
We are the only creatures that both laugh and weep. I think it’s because we are the only creatures that see the difference between the way things are and the way they might be.
I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.
Share everything. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Put things back where you found them.
Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there at the sandpile at Sunday School.
The kindergarten children are confident in spirit, infinite in resources, and eager to learn. Everything is still possible.