The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect

Neil Peart

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Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

emotional ignorance hands

From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the... by Neil Peart

From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive.

finals journey

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. by Neil Peart

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

choices song witty

...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.

luck dream giving

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

fighting prayer winning

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

hero writing thinking

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum. by Neil Peart

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

problem ifs

I can worship Nature, and that fulfills my need for miracles and beauty. Art gives a spiritual depth to existence -- I can find worlds bigger and deeper than my own in music, paintings, and books. And from my friends and family I receive the highest benediction, emotional contact, and personal affirmation. I can bow before the works of Man, from buildings to babies, and that fulfills my need for wonder. I can believe in the sanctity of Life, and that becomes the Revealed Word, to live my life as I believe it should be, not as I'm told to by self-appointed guides.

spiritual baby art

A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission. by Neil Peart

A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.

vision spirit dream

Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?

pride self people

No one gets to their heaven without a fight... by Neil Peart

No one gets to their heaven without a fight...

fighting heaven

Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past. by Neil Peart

Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.

dedicated honor past

I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.

optimist states mind

How can anybody be enlightened? by Neil Peart

How can anybody be enlightened?

lit enlightened truth-is

I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that.

determination self school

It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could only think about what they were saying for a minute. That's when you get caught up in the webs of what people call themselves and how they behave.

teaching jesus thinking

What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.

get-better responsibility students

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while s... by Neil Peart

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

romance three running

I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good.

responsibility rights believe

No, his mind is not for rent by Neil Peart

No, his mind is not for rent

hopeful independence government