“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919)
Michael Halliday (1985) cited in: Xueyan Yang (2010) Modelling Text As Process. p. 20.
1970s and later
“Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.”
The Ayn Rand Letter (1971–1976)
On his relations with David Bowie
Rolling Stone interview (2003)
Context: I used to catch myself — maybe we'd be having dinner with the future king of Spain, and I'd be grumpy, like, "What are we doing here, hanging out with these swells?" And then, right away, I'd realize, "Dude, you're jealous." It got very hard on a certain level. He was a person of affairs, in the worldly sense, with a lot of choices laid out on his smorgasbord. I had no choices whatsoever. I was a pariah. But a very fortunate one, in that he saw something worthwhile in me, and he made me two terrific records. He gave me the break I needed to continue living life. He is my benefactor.
Anarchy and Alchemy: the Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky by Ben Cobb (2007) p. 115
“We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.”
