“Because I have known despair, I value hope. Because I have tasted frustration, I value fulfillment. Because I have been lonely, I value love.”

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

I’ve been working with photography for many years.

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.

When you let me take I’m grateful. When you let me give I’m blessed.

Curious how often you Humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

I consider myself more spiritual than religious.

Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper.

Whatever I have given, I have gained.

This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussions about the subject matter, and I’ve had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I’m not just signing books – I’m showing slides and talking about the work

I’ve never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.

Without followers, evil cannot spread.

I began working with a family camera. It was called a Kodak Autographic, which was one of those things where you flopped it open and pulled out the bellows. And I’ve been at it ever since – I’ve never stopped.

Because I have been lonely, I value love.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.

I use a computer. I don’t know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I’m pretty good on the computer.

The means of many outweigh the means of the few or one.

Raw emotions – anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment – are the feelings we tend to hide from people we want to impress but spew on those we love the most.

Young people all over the world are very frustrated. They are very disillusioned. Many of them are turning their back on religion. They are walking away from the faith of their parents, and most of this is because religion has failed them.

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.

You can ask the people around me. I don’t give up. I don’t give up. I don’t give – and it’s not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don’t give up. I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.

Communists are frustrated capitalists.

I’ve told you the four thunderstorms – disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die.