Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.
Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.
I have seen mad people, and I have known some who were quite intelligent, lucid, even clear-sighted in every concern of life, except on one point. They could speak clearly, readily, profoundly on everything; till their thoughts were caught in the breakers of their delusions and went to pieces there, were dispersed and swamped in that furious and terrible sea of fogs and squalls which is called MADNESS.
The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
Don't give up, what've you do; eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!
I feel as if I'm going through a mid-life crisis. I don't feel very attractive and it's like I'm frigid or something. I'm aging and it makes me very sad.
For myself, if I am to stake all I have and hope to be upon anything, I will venture it upon the abounding fullness of God - upon the assurance that, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts.
I eat a balanced diet. The secret is to watch your portions, but I also work out a lot. Working out a lot isn't necessary, but I am very active, and my body can endure intense workouts.