In every artist’s life, there comes a person who lifts thecurtain on creativity. It is the closest you come to seeingme again.The first time, when you emerge from the womb, I am abrilliant color in th...
I'm in love with hope.
I wondered, now that his days were dwindling, how important ritual still was. Vital, he said. But why? Deep inside, you know your convictions. Mitch, he said, faith is about doing. You are how you act...
I used to think I knew everything. I was a smart person who got things done, and because of that, the higher I climbed, the more I could look down and scoff at what seemed silly or simple, even religi...
I give myself a good cry if i need it. A little each morning, a few tears and that's all.
I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that...
I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.
I begin to call Morrie Coach, the way I used to address my high school track coach. Morrie likes the nickname. Coach, he says. All right, I’ll be your coach. And you can be my player. You can play all...
I [Music] was born in the open air, in the breaks of waves and the whistling of sandstorms, the hoots of owls and the cackles of tui birds. I travel in echoes. I ride the breeze. I was forged in natur...
How do people choose their final words? Do they realize theirgravity? Are they fated to be wise?By his 83rd birthday, Eddie had lost nearly everyone he'd caredabout. Some had died young, and some had...
Faith, it is said, is better than belief, because belief is when someone else does the thinking.
Fairness does not govern life and death.
Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do more. Man wants to own his existence. But no one owns time. When you are measuring life...
Every life has one true love snapshot.
Eddie told her he had made things square and her eyebrows lifted and her lips spread and Eddie felt and old, warm feeling he had missed for years, the simple act of making his wife happy
Don't assume it is too late to get involved.
Die as a sacrifice is more worthy then a suicide
Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.
Consider the word time. We use so many phrases with it. Pass time. Waste time. Kill time. Lose time. In good time. About time. Take your time. Save time. A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind...
You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they l...