Why must it be one or the other?' she countered. 'You are both a capable seaman and the son of a Bingtown Trader. Why should not I have both sets of skill?

Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself.

Had she learned to feel again, only to have to feel this? Could any amount of love ever be worth the pain of losing it?

One way to disperse fear and create decision was to consider the worst possible outcome of one's actions.

That destiny is not reserved for a few chosen ones. Each man has a destiny. Recognizing it and fulfilling it are the purpose of a man's life.

Many great ideas are not unique. They only become unique when the men who have the wherewithal actually to implement them come together.

To sate your need without love is theft

Open your eyes. This horrible mess is your life. There is no sense in waiting for it to get better. Stop putting it off and live it.

The journey to self discovery forges many paths, the footprints left behind are the memories of what was and the belief of what is.~bns

I have incredible motivation to go out and improve every day.

It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship.

The fully planned economy, so far from being unpopular, is warmly regarded by those who know it best.

I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space- who else?

Some days seem to fit together like a stained glass window. A hundred little pieces of different color and mood that, when combined, create a complete picture.

It's not often that I get to remember and use phrases like "on out my farm" or "powerful ugly" in modern scripts.

I want kids to enjoy skating and I think it's a great workout.

A temperament capable of receiving, through an imaginative medium, and under imaginative conditions, new and beautiful impressions, is the only temperament that can appreciate a work of art.