Quotes from James Rozoff

The places of quiet are going away, the churches, the woods, the libraries. And it is only in silence we can hear the voice inside of us which gives us true peace.

Our country is the only one that truly permits you to speak bad of your country, so you really shouldn't say anything bad about it.

There is no greater thing than to be oneself, and it is never too late to do so.

Forget scientists. The next space launch we should send up painters, poets and musicians. I'd be more interested in what they discover than anything that takes place in a test tube.

Good enough may be an acceptable end, but it should never be an acceptable goal.

Life is like a box of chocolates: You get through what little actual good stuff there is right away, then you constantly fool yourself into believing there's still something good in whatever's left.

There is no unstoppable force but time, no impenetrable object except that which separates us from the past.

Facts, like living things, have a value in and of themselves and demand respect. Yet some people use them as means to an end, and dismiss them as soon as they are done using them.

True ideas seem to suffer from repetition, while stupid ones tend to flourish.

A thousand truths can be assembled in such a way as to create a colossal lie.

As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.

A truth told once is no match for a lie oft repeated.

Technology has not made humanity any wiser, it has only made us more dangerous.

Sometimes you come to realize you understand something but you can't explain it to anyone, not even yourself. This is perhaps the most sacred kind of understanding.

It is wisdom to know who you are, but not to the point of excluding who you might become.

Art is the medium through which new thoughts, perspectives, and attitudes are brought into the world.

Art helps you connect to the world, not escape from it. That is the difference between art and entertainment.

Once art served to educate and edify, now it distracts and amuses.

Death is the night sky, the background against which the fleeting fireworks of life are displayed, an empty stage upon which the drama of life is played.

We have created a world we don't like, don't understand and don't trust, and we are too frightened to try to change it.