Once you perceive, you pursue. Once you pursue, you receive.

Many men today are running on adrenaline and not anointing.

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports like basketball or hockey.

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

The worst thing to do is to die while reading LIFE magazine.

Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.

Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched.

With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.

Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise my soul ascends to self-forgetting adoration.

The nightmare Life-in-Death was she.

I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded many of us to the immense hardships beyond our borders.