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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
The notion that one can liberate another soul from captivity is an illusion of the very young.
How rarely can happiness be really innocent and not triumphant, not an insult to the deprived.
As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.
When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.
To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone.
Looking back, my life so far seems like one long obstacle race, with me as its chief obstacle.
The California cemeteries make dying sound so attractive it's a real effort to keep breathing.
In every storm there is a 'Peace! Be still' Christ will speak where prayer's call invites Him.
Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.
You can't behave in a calm, rational manner. You've got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.
As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization.
That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers.
The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.
People get caught up in formulaic answers. When one doesn't work, they just go on to the next.
There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words?
Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!"
...You'd think the little part about them supposedly killing us would be the attention getter.
Things are really weird around here, and most of us don't know everything. Half of everything.
I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.
Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.
The industrial age is over. What follows will be life lived on a much smaller and finer scale.
we must never forget that people buy into the leader before they buy into a mission statement.
A nation's strength is found not in the number of its laws but in the character of its people.
It's always refreshing to meet someone crazier than us," I said. "We seem so normal afterward.
Be grateful for the love you have to share-share it, and it will return to you ten times over.
The wonderful thing about being a writer is that everything that happens is grist to the mill.
I closed my eyes to watch tiny dancers like jeweled birds cross the dark screen of my eyelids.
Be polite to all, friendly to none. Be professional. Be ready to kill everyone and everything.
I'm going to kill that god of yours, next. Then we'll see what you can do, and what you can't.
Die never for a god, Nikodemos who should know better - not your soldiers' god, nor any other.
A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.
My body is the only thing that’s truly mine, so I don’t give it away as though it’s worthless.
People frequently bore me, sometimes amuse me, most often irritate me, but rarely intrigue me.
That one tickled. If electrocution is your way of flirting, I commend you on your originality.
If only there was a way I could cover my tension with the scent of eau de brass valls instead.
Bones smiled. “Oh, grand. Going to make me beat the truth out of you? My favorite way to work.
Oh, baby. You have no idea what I’d do to get through those layers and down to the good stuff.
I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread.
I didn't know what would take my mind off the sexy Spartan, except for maybe a total lobotomy.
Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.
The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.
Right before my eyes, I could see my life going away from me and there was nothing I could do.