Quotes on DEVIL

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.



                            -SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, 1, 3

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Edith Wharton

"True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision."

— Edith Wharton

American Novelist

1862 - 1937

What is your vision for your art?  Your writing?  Do you even have a vision?  Or do you have no idea of what you want to achieve?  When I talk about vision, I am also talking about purpose.  What is your purpose for being on this earth?  What is the reason you exist?  Why are you here?  Are you going to leave this world a better place when you pass beyond the veil?

My vision for my life is very simple:  I choose to plant seeds of hope in the hearts of others.

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

"Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives . . . most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity . . . when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life."

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Hungarian Author, Psychology Professor

1934 -

One of the things that makes us unique as human beings is our creativity.  We have a desire to create something beyond ourselves — to leave something of ourselves behind.  I have often thought that if I could not write, could not express myself creatively, that I would be very depressed and may even die.  I am happiest when I am in the midst of creating something — whether that be a story, a poem or a speech.  When I am creating the ideas flow through me and I struggle to capture them all.  Some slip through my fingers like water.  Others are planted in the soil of my mind and take root.  When are you happiest?

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Stanley Kubrick

"The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning."

— Stanley Kubrick

American Filmmaker

1928 - 1999

Do you sometimes feel that life is meaningless?  Do you ever wonder why you have been born into this world?  Do you know what your purpose for being is?  The creation of artistic work is one way that we can find meaning in our lives.  We can find hope and meaning in our writing, painting and storytelling.  

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Peter Drucker

"Here I am, fifty-eight, and I still don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up."

— Peter Drucker

Austrian Writer/Management Consultant

1909 - 2005

We have all been asked the question:  "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  And we usually give the simple answers like teacher, nurse or fireman.  The first response that I remember making was architect.  My father was a general contractor and I was in the seventh grade.  

When I was a sophomore in high school I dedicated my life to the ministry.  By the time I was senior I had lost my faith.  While in college I decided I wanted to be a writer and I have spent more than thirty-five years writing.  And since life has a way of coming full circle, I also became a speaker.  Sometimes an audience member will tell me that I missed my calling — that I should have been a preacher.  I smile and in my heart I know that I have been a preacher, although I have no church and no gospel.

When I turned fifty, I wrote an article for my college alumni magazine entitled: What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up? Or How I Found Myself!  I realized that I had grown up to be what I had wanted to be.  I had lived the life that I desired.  I had done what I wanted to do.  Here is a link to the article.

http://www.goshen.edu/news/bulletin/02march/what_do.php

Have you become the person you wanted to be?  Or are you still wandering through the forest of uncertainty, not knowing what you want to do with your life?

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Jane Rule

"It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me.  It has always been important to me to write one sentence at a time, to live every day as if it were my last and judge it in those terms, often badly, not because it lacked grand gesture or grand passion but because it failed in the daily virtues of self-discipline, kindness and laughter."

— Jane Rule

1931 - 2006

Canadian Writer

Are you focused on the big picture or do you live each day as if it was your last?  The challenge is to balance both.  You need the big picture of where you are going, but you need to live as if each day is your last.  And by that I don't mean spending all day with family and doing nothing.  Living each day as your last has to do with your passion, purpose, desire, priorities and commitment.  Are you focused on the right priorities?  Are you focused on the passion in your life?  Are you committed to doing your best each and every day.  Are you focused on the virtues of self-discipline, kindness and laughter?

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George Tooker

Self-Portrait
(1947)

"Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life.  There are as many solutions as there are human beings."

— George Tooker

American Artist

1920 - 2011

Life is about finding ourselves and coming to terms with why we have been born.  And there is not just one answer.  There are millions of answers.  Creative leaders are no different than the rest of the world.  They, too, must come to terms with why the are here and what the meaning of life is.  In fact, creative leaders because of their sensitivity often have a more difficult time coming to terms with whom they are.

I think we become who we are meant to be.  The challenges and difficulties that we face help to strengthen the persons whom we are meant to be.  Whether you are 24, 44, 64 or 84, there is a reason why you are here.  Have you discovered that reason?  Have you become the person you were meant to be?

George Tooker is one of my favorite artists.  I had the opportunity a couple of years ago to see a collection of his work at the Columbus Museum of Art.  I wrote two poems in response to his paintings:  Subway and Mirror.  Here is his painting, the Subway.

Subway
(1950)

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David McNally

"The circumstances of our lives have as much power as we choose to give them."

— David McNally

American Speaker/Author

The circumstances that we find ourselves in — being poor or rich, educated or high school dropout, being married or single, being published or not — only have power to influence how we feel if we choose to give them that power.  We did not have control over the fact that we were born into a family that was poor, but we do have a choice about how we will respond to our circumstances.  We have no control over how others respond to our painting or writing, but we do have a choice about how much influence the opinions of others have on us.

I had an opportunity to hire David McNally to speak several years ago.  I was impressed with his story about making a documentary film about Terry Fox, a young Canadian who ran 3/5 of the way across Canada and raised 24 million dollars for cancer.  McNally had no experience making a film but was inspired to tell Terry's story of purpose.

At the age of eighteen, Terry Fox was diagnosed with cancer and had his leg amputated.  Instead of wallowing in self-pity, he decided to find some purpose in what had happened to him.  His goal was to run across Canada and raise a million dollars for cancer research.  He made it 3/5 of the way before he became too sick and had to stop.  He died a short time later.  McNally movingly tells Terry's story in the film, The Power of Purpose.

The circumstances that we find ourselves in — being sick or healthy, employed or without a job, homeless or with a roof over our heads — only have the power to influence how we feel if we choose to give them that power.

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