The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
The Space Shuttle “Challenger” Tragedy Address
Ronald Reagan
The Space Shuttle “Challenger” Tragedy Address
delivered 28 January 1986
[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.
Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we’ve never lost an astronaut in flight. We’ve never had a tragedy like this. [ more ]
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
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