The subject matter of art is life, life as it actually is; but the function of art is to make life better.
There's a lot of ignorance in our business. . . Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding.
What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.
We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities.
Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.
Never use money to measure wealth, son.
If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace.
A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality. Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He “went about doing good. ” As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours.
God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild.
I wasn't raised to celebrate the misfortune of others.