"Someone has said that even criticism is better than silence. I don't agree to this. Criticism can be very harmful unless it comes from a master; and in spite of the fact that we have hundreds of critics these days, it is one of the most difficult of professions."

“Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean.”

Source : William Stafford (1998). “The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems”, Graywolf Press

“Maybe there isn't a meaning to life. Maybe there's only a meaning to living.”

“The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.”

“Nobody would hire me for TV, not that they should.”

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”

“Our team from the same type of environment but at the same time we haven't had things peachy. We have had to work for everything we've wanted. That situation for us is just kind of similar. So we just vibe out honestly.”

Source : Source: uproxx.com

“And in the general hardening of outlook that set in ... practices which had been long abandoned ... -- imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions, the use of hostages and the deportation of whole populations -- not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive.”

“Normal muscles should function naturally in much the same manner as do the muscles of animals.”