My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

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My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to...

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is...

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is...

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole,...

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole,...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You can't aim a duck to death.

You can't aim a duck to death.

You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't...

You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't...

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or...

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or...

Art is the signature of civilizations.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny...

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny...