“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” ~ Janis Joplin “All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi “If you want to do anything, doContinue reading “Compromise Is Not Always Good”
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The Blessing of Patience
“The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the source of his being.” ~ Dag Hammarskjöld “Imagination is what is there after you know everything; without knowledge, one’s imagination may be too thin – lacking in strength and too fragile to buildContinue reading “The Blessing of Patience”
My Favorite Class to Teach
“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.” ~ Frank Capra “A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all thatContinue reading “My Favorite Class to Teach”
We All Have Scars
“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities … always see them … for they’re always there.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ~ Maya Angelou After nearly threeContinue reading “We All Have Scars”
Art Changes People
“The point is, art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed – because people are changed by art – enriched, ennobled, encouraged – they then act in a wayContinue reading “Art Changes People”
Sage Woman Chronicles 