America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up. ↗
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it. ↗
What is the greatest reward a writer can have? Isn't it that day when someone rushes up to you, his face bursting with honesty, his eyes afire with admiration and cries, "That new story of yours was fine, really wonderful! ↗
Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him. ↗
Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. ↗