Pastoral Resources

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.

All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

My first language is Gaelic.

If we abandon marriage, we abandon the family.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management.

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions.

Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.

I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.

In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly.