Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
A man’s value depends upon his courage and resolution, his veracity depends upon his traits of nobility and self respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honour.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
-Vincent van Gogh
Do you become spiritual by performing ceremonies and rituals…? Ceremonies and rituals sometimes give a certain sensation, so-called uplift. But they are repetitious, and every sensation that is repeated soon wearies of itself.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage - pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically - to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.'
-Stephen Covey
Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can starve from a lack of bread.
-Richard Wright
The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment.
Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.
-Bill Moyers