I don't profess any religion; I don't think it’s possible that there is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words ‘spiritual’ or ‘spirituality.'
[Interview, The New Yorker, Dec. 26, 2005]
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Out of clutter, find simplicity.
Albert EinsteinTags: work difficulty harmony clutter discord oppurtunity
A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
Charles de GaulleTags: difficulty trial perseverance character potentiality
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
Jean-Jacques RousseauTags: philosophy difficulty poverty noble
Every age, and especially our own, stands in need of a Diogenes; but the difficulty is in finding men who have the courage to be one, and men who have the patience to endure one.
Jean le Rond d'AlembertTags: courage patience endurance difficulty need diogenes
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Newt GingrichTags: work difficulty perseverance
I warn you, the trip will not be easy. Once you choose to walk in the light, your path will lead you places you do not want to go.
Dave WolvertonTags: light difficulty
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTags: science inspirational learning difficulty value challenges
It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may be done, I know from experience. God has given us, in a measure, the power to make our own fate: and when our energies seem to demand a sustenance they cannot get--when our will strains after a path we may not follow--we need neither starve from inanition, not stand still in despair: we have but to seek another nourishment for the mind, as strong as the forbidden fruit it longed to taste--and perhaps purer; and to hew out for the adventurous foot a road as direct and broad as the one Fortune has blocked up against us, if rougher than it.
Charlotte BrontëTags: ambition difficulty perseverance diligence
Mithorden: 'He was brilliant, yes, but ready to laugh at himself when he made mistakes. You may not believe it, but he made mistakes often.'
Luthiel: 'Why?' She choked around her tears.
Mithorden: 'Because he tried to do great things. Anyone can succeed at easy things. But the things Valkire tried were very difficult. He wanted to make things better for people of all races -- for he saw the good in them.
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