Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
Van's sweater was soaked in blood.
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.