I think if someone could demonstrate to me that fiction did no good, I would still do it, because I think it does good for me.
Be larger than your task.
Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him; but a man must be made of the right kind of stuff who can rise above the things which harass and handicap the weak, and do his work in spite of them. Indeed, this is the test of greatness.
When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.
The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.
Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?
I actually wanted to be an astronaut, but I don't have a mathematical brain.
I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things. You're supposed to laugh, you're supposed to cry, you're not supposed to shove your feelings under the rug.
The signals we give-yes or no, or maybe-should be clearthe darkness around us is deep.