I and you-We are infinate, rich, large, contradictory, living, breathing miracles-free human beings, children of God and the everlasting universe. That’s what we do.
Life is lumpy. And a lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in a breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.
The gift was not large as money goes, and my need was not great, but the spirit of the gift is beyond price and leaves me blessed and in debt.
About winning and losing: It isn’t important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!
You will continue to read stories of crookedness and corruption – of policemen who lie and steal, doctors who reap where they do not sew, politicians on the take. Don’t be misled. They are news because they are the exceptions.
To ponder is not to brood or grieve or even meditate. It is to wonder at a deep level.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.
The leaves let go, the seeds let go, and I must let go sometimes, too, and cast my lot with another of nature’s imperfect but tenacious survivors.
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of my life. Sacred simplicity.
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.