I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.
Religion is but a desperate attempt to find an escape from the truly dreadful situation in which we find ourselves. Here we are in this wholly fantastic universe with scarcely a clue as to whether our existence has any real significance. No wonder then that many people feel the need for some belief that gives them a sense of security, and no wonder that they become very angry with people like me who say that this is illusory.
Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.
Refuse to let your situation determine your attitude.
Guilt is a totally useless emotion. It never makes anyone feel better nor does it change a situation.
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse.
A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
Men only act in a state of necessity and usually only recognise necessity in a situation of crisis.
You have chosen the pathway to your present destination. The responsibility for your situation is yours.
[On women's role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
I live by four words and I have it tattooed on my arms as well. It just says, 'Live, learn, love life'. So you live your life to the best way you can. Every situation is a learning one so take those lessons, learn from it and love your life.
So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations.
If a person perceives a situation as real, it is real in its consequences.
I would prefer to be well-liked in any and all situations.
In talking about the [Emmett Till murder trial], you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long history of intimidation of witnesses and fear on the part of blacks to testify, in racial situations in particular. For someone like Mose Wright and others to testify against white defendants in a situation like this was historic.
Don't forget to smile in any situation. As long as you are alive, there will be better things later, and there will be many.
The right to development is the measure of the respect of all other human rights. That should be our aim: a situation in which all individuals are enabled to maximize their potential, and to contribute to the evolution of society as a whole.
When the problems in Libya started, the African Union set up a committee to address the situation. We urgently advised the Europeans not to intervene. You have done so anyway. Now we are seeing absolute chaos there.
In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased.