Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

We are born into the world of nature; our second birth is into the
world of spirit.

We are born into the world of nature; our second birth is into the
world of spirit.

My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your read more

My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.".

If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it will
but grow and gather to itself such read more

If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it will
but grow and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts
through it will blow up everything in its way.

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty
into an interesting opportunity.

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty
into an interesting opportunity.

When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.

When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy
me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy
me.

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into read more

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of
life that's far below what you deserve.