In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.

We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.

People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it

Encouraged, we recognise the importance of living artistically, aesthetically and creatively as creative creatures of the creator.

The most precious thing a human being has to give is time. There is so very little of it, after all, in a life.

The thing about real life is that important events don't announce themselves... Usually something that is going to change your whole life is a memory before you can stop and be impressed about it.

It makes sense that there is no sense without God.

If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history, world events, vocabulary, and everything else.

It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!

When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.

When you stop existing and you start truly living, each moment of the day comes alive with the wonder and synchronicity.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

I would love to do comedy. I think I'm funny and that comedy is my strong suit, at least in real life. I have yet to prove myself in the movies, but I'd love to get the opportunity to do that.

Of course, Jack Kilborn is better than both of us combined and mixed with a side helping of the Bronte sisters.

There is nothing very religious about feeling superior to those who don't share your views.

It isn't the head but the stomach that determines the fate of the stockpicker.

Every single morning you wake up with the opportunity to be yourself, or be the idea of someone else. For me it is all about... my favourite mantra is: "You do you. I do me. They do they."