The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand.

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The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

The facts are always less than what really happened.

The facts are always less than what really happened.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

An empty belly hears nobody

An empty belly hears nobody

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the...

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the...

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although...

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although...