Our children are the only possessions we can take to heaven.
You can't. You just have to.
. . . how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.
The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.
Why do they make things so complicated?" "So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand. ," he said. "Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value. " "It's those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
We used to be "shiftless and lazy," now we're "fearsome and awesome. " I think the black man should take pride in that.