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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.
This temporal fire is but a painted fire in respect of that penetrating and real fire in hell.
We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.
Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives
His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.
For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view.
Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones... Words will never, et cetera.
Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.
I got the sneaking suspicion that the vampire was a couple of Peeps short of an Easter basket.
The fact that we were created to enjoy God and to worship him forever is etched upon our souls
When we sincerely turn to God, we will find that His church always moves forward, not backward
Set aside a time solely for running. Running is more fun if you don't have to rush through it.
You can't rest on yesterday's growth. You must be dedicated to growing today... and every day.
I don't believe that human ethnic groups are equal, and I believe that's fairly easy to prove.
My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
Don't just let your business or your job make something for you; let it make something of you.
Whether you stay six weeks, six months or six years, always leave it better than you found it.
There’s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.
I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.
It's just a deep pleasure to read something you've written yourself - if and when you like it.
True peacefulness comes from abandoning the illustion that satisfying desires brings pleasure.
Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.
My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse.
After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.
It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them?
The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies
The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled.
there's something nice about knowing that i'm not the only one who doesn't quite fit the part.
These days her entire life was about making people believe she was someone she wasn't anymore.
A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right.
I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.
I don't see, based on the evidence, economic and moral, that we can make it that much further.
Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.
The Bible is very clear that in the last days men will be “lovers of themselves” (2 Tim. 3:2).
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?
Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.
Leadership is seeing the possibilities in a situation while others are seeing the limitations.
The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream.
The deeper within that you are coming from, the higher the perspective you’ll be able to have.
Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.
Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.
I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.
When we read the right book generously, it can change the way think about the world around us.
The Venn Diagram of boys who don’t like smart girls and boys you don’t wanna date is a circle.
I’m not up for laughing, but their laughter makes the room feel safer, so we begin to explore.
Poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths.
Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.
I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton