Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.

We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability.

Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards.

The pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone

LIFE IS A JOURNEYTO FIND THE PEOPLEWEIRD LIKE YOU. —ATTICUS

A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, “We did this ourselves.

I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.

He preferred to give in the light, because whenit was dark, he was afraid his giving would go unnoticed

There is a rest that comes when you live out of your sound. Silence is no longer something to be avoided. It signifies a soul at rest.

We have now well established the fact in our own nation that one can do more work in six days, even in five, than in seven. A run-down person is an unproductive person.

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

Sometimes you run out of ideas, just like if you are a writer or whatever. Then you just have to wait around for something to inspire you or look for something to inspire you.

Wit,--the pupil of the soul's clear eye.