For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
I don't like to think of my readership as 'fans,' a word which has always suggested a kind of power relationship I'm uncomfortable with.
I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world.
We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.
Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged.
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness.
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.
A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
Lots of people feel more alive when they're riding a roller-coaster relationship. But while this might be fun for a while, it can't possibly last.
A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts.
God gives the best to those who leave the choice to Him.
To forgive is the vocation of all Christians.
Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.
Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
I think that to acknowledge a new generation is to acknowledge some degree of obsolescence in yourself, and that is very hard to do and often comes with undeniable anger.
Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
The best therapists can do with sadness, anger, and anxiety is to help patients live in the more comfortable part of their set range.
