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There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life.
Being obscure in acronyms is great. I think I'll start making up my own... INYM - I'm Not Your Momma.
Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.
People would have more leisure time if it weren't for all the leisure-time activities that use it up.
Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.
Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents.
I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.
The choice to worry about why we are doing something more than how we do something is risky business.
Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.
Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works.
The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?'
Schools will change more in the next 30 years than they have since the invention of the printed book.
Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.
In some ways clarifying a vision is easy. A more difficult challenge comes in facing current reality.
Painting is seen as picture making, the making of an art object, something that can stand on its own.
Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.
Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.
Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world.
Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven.
Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.
suffering is as necessary to entertaining as vermouth is to a Martini - a small but vital ingredient.
That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
If we knew exactly what to expect throughout the Solar System, we would have no reason to explore it.
Now is the time to know that God is able. To connect your current reality with God's present ability.
Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview.
What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself
Worship is not simply a feeling that is experienced; it must also involve understanding and the mind.
If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.
Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.
And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky.
The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.
When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time.
The Internet foments outrageous behavior in part because it is a 'gray area' for social interactions.
I am not cute. I am the dreaded Grim Reaper. People fear me, you know. There's a whole song about it.
So could we please not mob the three-thousand-plus-year-old reaper like tweens at a boy-band concert?
Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
But you're so helpless sometimes. It's like watching a kitten with its head trapped in a Kleenex box.
When 'Attachments' came out and people liked it, I'd have a warm feeling of having made a connection.
Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin does not.
What people say and feel about you when you've left a room is precisely your job while you are in it.
You know what rumors are like-like a jar full of moths. Once they escape, they're all over the place.
Regardless of how badly you handled yesterday, today provides a fresh opportunity to do things right!
Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.
Make the choice that you want to be happy. You owe it to yourself and you owe it to other people too.
The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.
I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).
Have you ever wanted to put on a Santa suit?" "I have always wanted to do that," said Carter gravely.
I was so tired of being told reasonable, practical things whenever something went wrong with my life.
Global war is a clash of systems, not just battalions biffing one another in some godforsaken forest.