Quotes on Carpe

In this speedy world of ours when facts are multiplying rapidly and giant rearrangements are happening all around us, it seems dangerous to be made nervous by the new - to want what we can never have, to want things not to be rearranged. It would be better to be able to take the leap, which is to be able not only to live with change and newness, but even to help make it.

There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.

The artist has a special task and duty... reminding people of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.

It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the thought that all things maybe made well or made ill. A work of art is a well-made thing - that is all. It may be a well-made statue of a well-made chair or a well-made book. Art is not a special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself that is good. Most simply and generally, Art may be thought of as "The Well Doing of What Needs Doing."

Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.

In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing.

Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence.

Throughout history, the arts and humanities have helped men and women around the globe grapple with the most challenging questions and come to know the most basic truths. In our increasingly interconnected world, the arts play an important role in both shaping the character that defines us and reminding us of our shared humanity. This month, we celebrate our Nation's arts and humanities, and we recommit to ensuring all Americans can access and experience them.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.

When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.