I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

If perception is limited to experience and knowledge, what proof do we have of moral judgement?

You have not lived until you have fled a city in a country where you do not speak the language in the middle of the night.

Fun and killing ain’t synonyms to regular folks, Zeus.”.

Materialistic perception of life makes us spiritually shortsighted

I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

"Lord bless you!" said Mr. Omer, resuming his pipe, "a man must take the fat with the lean; that's what he must make up his mind to, in this life. "

Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.

I believe I've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted.

It's never too early to involve your kids in giving back. And the more hands-on the experiences are, the better.

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.