“Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.”
Inspiration is personal — what lights a fire in one person barely registers with another. This collection casts a wide net, gathering words that have moved people to action, to tears, to changed minds, and occasionally to changed lives.
“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.”
“Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.”
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”
“Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.”
“I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me.”
“I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.”
“Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.”
“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.”
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”
“In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.”
“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”