I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once when I was number one on the bestseller list I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.
Three-quarters of a soldier's life is spent in aimlessly waiting about.
Death is a door life opens.
What we call the beginning is often an end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
Sunshine is delicious rain is refreshing wind braces us snow is exhilarating there is no such thing as bad weather only different kinds of good weather.
That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more garnering the simple goodness of a life.
Boredom: the desire for desires.
The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait.
One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no monetary or any other reward he would be eager to spend his energy in so...
They sicken of the calm that know the storm.
God grant us patience!
No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit then ri...
I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.
Time cools time clarifies no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
Passions are less mischievous than boredom for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase.
This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad.
Either you reach a higher point today or you exercise your strength in order to be able to climb higher tomorrow.
The best days in the life of any person are the days of joy
We do not live an equal life but one of contrasts and patchwork now a little joy then a sorrow now a sin then a generous or brave action.