Choose work you have a natural aptitude for and a deep interest in. Develop a habit of working on your own projects; it doesn't matter what they are so long as you find them excitingly ambitious. Work as hard as you can without burning out, and this will eventually bring you to one of the frontiers of knowledge. These look smooth from a distance, b... See more

If you can sustain your interest in what you're doing, you're an extremely fortunate person. ... And you can't lose your capacity for astonishment. It's a great loss. Because the world is a very astonishing place. The great benefit of being in the arts, where the possibliity for learning never disappears, we basically have to admit you're never lea... See more

Contemplating the beauty of creation is the most useful thing we can possibly do right now. It is not a substitute for useful action. It is the wellspring of useful action. When grateful awe inhabits us, we bring it to everything we do. We yearn to add to the magnificence, the aliveness, and the beauty we have unstintingly admired, and cannot bear ... See more