"Art is a process, not a product."

“I feel like Hollywood would rather end the emerging, bottom-up creative culture than let it happen.”

“If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.55, Macmillan

“I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you're a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a problem. If you're in the humanities or social sciences, there is no doubt that it is a handicap for you.”

“The nobility of Teresa Leo's poems is that they are not disposed to hide from the dark-rather, they display a mind that tends toward obsession and brooding, that works against fatality like fingers at a knot. The firm, attentive mind on display and the lucid unfolding of the poems are the life instinct seeking and finding its way through again and again. Love and beauty are the argument, but they don't win easily. Bloom in Reverse works through elegy toward survival with moving persistence, both driven and compelling.”

“Our dependence on fossil fuels amounts to global pyromania, and the only fire extinguisher we have at our disposal is renewable energy.”

“If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.”

“By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top.”

“There was nothing dark and hidden about Jesus. He was and is the Light of the world, and He welcomed the light.”

Source : Samuel Logan Brengle (2013). “Take Time to Be Holy: 365 Daily Inspirations to Bring You Closer to God”, p.45, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.