There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials.
I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.
Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, it's not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take control of their own quality of life initiatives are going to be the cities that ultimately attract the highly talented young people and create the jobs.
Nothing would catch me off guard, because I understand the world I live in. I understand it very well. And the world I live in is not necessarily a fair or just world. I have dealt with these injustices for the bigger part of my life.
Some people conclude that the injustices existing in the world prove there is no God. On the contrary, I conclude that God, being both just and merciful, will and can rectify all inequities in a life after death.
This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers.
I just was built with an innate ability to not let fear guide me in how I run my life.
I maintain my inner beauty by trying to lead a balanced life in general. I try to eat healthy foods, but... that doesn't mean I won't treat myself now and then! I work out almost every day, which gives me more energy and helps me feel stronger. I also try to be a genuinely good person to the people around me.
I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
The only knowledge which satisfies us is one which is subject to no external standards but springs from the inner life of the personality.
I don't draw on my inner life in my work.
When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can use your craft.
Standing on soil feels so much different than standing on city pavement; it lets you look inward and reflect and see who you really are, while you see a beautiful, unspoiled land as far as the eye can see. It allows your inner life to grow.
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
I have quite a rich inner life, and I'm constantly looking for a way to express that. I haven't found it yet in acting. When you're playing a character, you're only going to find outlets for very specific parts of your inner world.
And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.
No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.
Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired ways of response, his behavior, what he is an outside observer.
If you want to paint the inner life, you paint it from the exterior. From the exterior, you breathe the inner life into your painting.
