There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.

But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.

The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers.

it was a sly trick of God's to give a man work to do - it kept him from asking questions that God couldn't answer.

I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.

By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.

A false vision was better than none.

Ah, life, life, how madly, how cruelly it raced along your pulses!

There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable.

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.

The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life.

I know you would like to blame the world, but the fact is that life is an 'up to you' thing.

You too could strive, thrive, and become as great or even greater than the people that you admire.

Few of the great creators have bland personalities. They are cantankerous egotists, the kind of men who are unwelcome in the modern corporation.

I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not.

Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies.

Look upon others as being part of yourself.

I always knew I wanted to make films, but just didn't quite know how to start. I was making little short films with my friends but I wasn't quite sure how to put those pieces together for myself.

I rarely feel like I'm in chaos, but when I am, I usually [retreat] and try to find the eye of the storm; if I'm still and listen and don't engage, maybe the chaos will subside.

An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones.

Our breath plays a very important role in our life. The breath is the connecting link between the inner world of the mind and the outer world of the body and environment.