I admire people who are creative.
The sleepy like to make excuses.
Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.
He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.
Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.
There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.
To think things out properly and fairly, a fellow's got to be calm and old and toothless: When you're an old gaffer with no teeth, it's easy to say: 'Damn it, boys, you mustn't bite!' But, when you've got all thirty-two teeth.
So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the books.
I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters. And that's where she allowed her fantasies to flourish. That's where she allowed her emotions to really evolve. And that's where she allowed herself to express herself really fully, and sometimes whimsically, very often romantically. And it really starts with her letters to her father, who is lifelong her primary love.
Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky, And ask myself: was I meant to be here. . . why?