To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
In the morning, I know everyone has two things: an empty stomach and a fresh brain.
I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.
I have always tried to live by the 'awe principle.' That is: Can I find awe, wonder and enchantment in the most mundane things conceivable?
I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.
There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.
If we emit massive quantities of untested chemicals into the environment, some of them are bound to end up in places that surprise us, doing things that endanger us.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things.
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
Solitude, isolation, are painful things and beyond human endurance.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.
Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.
One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.
I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit.
