“Rememberest the gods, and that they wish not to be flattered, but wish all reasonable beings to be made like themselves; and… rememberest that what does the work of a fig-tree is a fig-tree, and that what does the work of a dog is a dog, and that what does the work of a bee is a bee, and that what does the work of a man is a man.”

“Instead of saying, "It will never work," with-it people say, "What if this does work?"”

“What is the work of the chief executive? What does he do?”

“That state is a state of Slavery in which a man does what he likes to do in his spare time and in his working time that which is required of him. This state can only exist when what a man likes to do is to please himself. ¶ That state is a state of Freedom in which a man does what he likes to do in his working time and in his spare time that which is required of him. This state can only exist when what a man likes to do is to please God.”

“It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.”

“It is a risk to love.
What if it doesn't work out?
Ah, but what if it does.”

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”

“Oh God, what's wrong with me? Why does nothing ever work out?”

“the work of salvation, in its full sense, is (1) about whole human beings, not merely souls; (2) about the present, not simply the future; and (3) about what God does through us, not merely what God does in and for us.”

“It is a question of expressing, at base,
the essence of the tree... What does not appear
in what does appear, in short.
What remains hidden, concealed,
withdraws into what appears.”