Without our suffering, our work would simply be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption.

I was eating and drinking like a pig, and I was fat as a pig, dissatisfied with myself, and subconsciously I was crying for help. It was my fat Elvis period.

It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one.

He that would enjoy life and act with freedom must have the work of the day continually before his eyes. Not yesterday's work, lest he fall into despair, nor tomorrow's, lest he become a visionary, nor that which ends with the day, which is a worldly work, nor yet that only which remains to eternity, for by it he cannot shape his actions.

Success has always been the greatest liar, and the 'work' itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised in his creation to the point where he is unrecognizable.

Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do.