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There is often a good deal of the child left in people who have had to grow up too soon.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.
Happy is that family where both the husband and wife are mutual members of Christ's body
If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true.
Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.
It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.
It is the function of creative man to perceive and to connect the seemingly unconnected.
Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.
Lutheranism is essentially German... It worships a God who is neither just nor merciful.
Everything that happens is at least one dimension smaller than you've imagined it to be.
Zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation. Civilization is our natural territory.
Religion?" Mr Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.
Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.
Many times the difference between your accomplishment and your failure is your attitude.
If you don't like the way you are, don't worry about it. You can change the way you are.
As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel too much at home in the world
The goodness of God is infinitely more wonderful than we will ever be able to comprehend.
No man has any right to speak to men about God who has not first spoken to God about men.
There is more healing joy in five minutes of true worship than in five nights of revelry.
There has been grave error. I do not mean so much error of doctrine as error of emphasis.
Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
French women will always look up at a man, even if he is four inches shorter than she is.
A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.
Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.
I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else.
the one who doesnt play, doesnt win anything, but he actually looses somehting, {playing}
The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.
The future is the only kind of property that the masters willingly concede to the slaves.
The end of their passion consists of loving uselessly at the moment when it is pointless.
Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian.
Let me know if you're going to do something stupid, kid, 'cause I'll ditch you like that.
Knowing where you have come from is important in forming an idea of where you want to go.
You can't make yourself fall in love, just as you can't choose who you fall in love with.
Every stimulus becomes an opportunity to find fresh ways to express your personal vision.
Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful.
The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.
Alongside the mythos of the eternal free soul stands the Myth, the religion of the blood.
Just because we didn't work out as a couple didn't mean we couldn't work together, right?
Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored