Pastoral Resources

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the Nazis and then in fear of the Soviets, the outcome was by no means certain.

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.

We learned the value of research in World War II.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration.

As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?

Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

I had the first integrated Army band in World War II.

It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow.