The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Your external world is a mirror of your internal world, and if you can discipline yourself to change your thoughts, your external world will change.

Sure, scars can be painfull to look at, reminding you where you've been, but they also remind you of how far you've come.

Life on the farm is a school of patience you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.

Wayne Curtis is one of our very best writers!

Science is not always what scientists do.

People who think in absolutes usually don't listen to anyone but themselves. They resist new ideas and try to preserve the status quo.

There's something in the cross that says this is not just about my "salvation" but about the "salvation" of all those who suffer injustice and inequality.

Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them.

Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, "You can help by coming down here; you can tweet."