Pastoral Resources

The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.

Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.

I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself.

I want this book to be facts, to be important, to be history.

Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician.

In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.

Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.

I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.

Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record.

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.

I had never watched a law show prior to being cast on The Practice.

And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.

We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex.