Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness? – Daisaku Ikeda
For an actor, youre rejected eight or ten times a day. All youve got to sell is yourself. Youre not selling products, theyre not turning down a car, theyre turning you down. Most people cant handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way. – Barry Corbin
Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to todays standards. – Pope Benedict XVI