“[The] dinner party is a true proclamation of the abundance of being -- a rebuke to the thrifty little idolatries by which we lose sight of the lavish hand that made us. It is precisely because no o...”

“...peel an orange. Do it lovingly--it perfect quarters like little boats...Nothing is more likely to become garbage than orange rind; but for as long as anyone looks at it in delight, it stands a m...”

“Does it not whet your appetite for the critical opera omnia of such an author, where he will freely have at the lenth and breath of Scripture? Can you not see his promised land flowing with peanut ...”

“If you have to do the work, do it well, with all your heart.”

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all...”

“Trademark yourself with the mark of excellence.”

“You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. Thats the secret of success.”

“He (Anwar Sadat) records that he was almost loathe to leave his prison cell because it was there that he realized that real success is success with self. Its not in having things, but in having mas...”

“We must strive to become more daily. We must honestly assess our weaknesses and overcome them. We must work toward the highest possible version of ourselves. This is a worthy use of our time, but i...”

“There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.”

“What my business partner says is, if the Lord gives you a talent or a skill, you have the obligation to use it as best as you can. Dont you agree?”

“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.”