The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.