A working artist is a playing artist.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

You don’t have to like a man to respect him.

Thinking is no more or no less than asking questions. To improve your thinking, improve the quality of the questions you ask.

Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe.

Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.

Welcome to the last 900 years of my life.

There are a number of causes of climatic change, and until all causes other than carbon dioxide increase are ruled out, we cannot attribute the change to carbon dioxide alone.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.