Faith is a continuation of reason.

So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet.

Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor.

At which time came to us many boats and we suffered them to come aboard, being not able to resist them, which people did us no harm, neither of us understanding the one the other.

From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had.

Faith is the continuation of reason.

Always please God FIRSTAll the timeEvery time

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Work isn't meaningful just because you spend your life doing it.

People want to see something that shows them you can do what you say. That's the trick.

Josiah has a tremendous reputation in the text. He rediscovered the Book of the Law; you remember how Hilkiah the High Priest somehow found it [2 Kings 22:8].

I certainly didn't have New York Jewish humor. But I was in three Mel Brooks films so people thought I was a connoisseur of New York Jewish humor.

Friends range from acquaintances all the way to our best friends and beloveds. A tremendously powerful energetic love can be created from close friends who are highly aligned.

Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the mind.