Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
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 cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.