Life is not about what you want.
In life, you do not get what you want,
Unless what you get
happens to coincide with what you want.
Take your attention off of what you want
And deal with what you’ve got.
Werner Erhard
There’s a big cocktail party on Martha’s Vineyard.
Someone comes up to this writer,
I think it’s Joseph Heller, and says,
“Joe, see that guy over there?
He’s a hedge fund manager,
and he made more money yesterday than you made
on all the books you have ever published.”
Heller looks over, pauses, and says,
“Yeah, but I have something he’ll never have: enough.”
CNN "Money" Magazine, April 2007
Parting your soup is not a miracle, Bruce, it's a magic trick.
A single mom who's working two jobs,
and still finds time to take her kid to soccer practice, that's a miracle.
A teenager who says no to drugs and yes to an education, that's a miracle.
People want Me to do everything for them,
but what they don't realize is, they have the power.
You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle.
Lines spoken by God in the movie Bruce Almighty
They sent forth men to battle,
But no such men return;
And home, to claim their welcome,
Come ashes in an urn.
Aeschylus, Agamemnon
I am concerned about a better world.
I'm concerned about justice.
I'm concerned about brotherhood.
I'm concerned about truth.
And when one is concerned about these,
he can never advocate violence.
For through violence you may murder a murderer
but you can't murder murder.
Through violence you may murder a liar
but you can't establish truth.
Through violence you may murder a hater,
but you can't murder hate.
Darkness cannot put out darkness.
Only light can do that. . . .
Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?