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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Bernhard.
Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.
Phonographic. It goes around and around. Sometimes it gets stuck. That's why I remember things so well.
You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.
Faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don’t have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move.
For all of us who listen, in the stillness of our hearts, God enlightens us and offers to lead the way.
There is no such thing as death. We have all lived before and we are all going to experience new lives.
Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.
Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
There's something about valuing people not because they value you, but because you can see God in them.
It’s in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can grasp
In order to have a peace that surpasses all understanding, you have to give up your right to understand
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.
Evil is only of this world. In the other world there is neither good nor evil; all there is, is beaut).
Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.
Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.
So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they're already met?
Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.
When you REACT you are giving away your power. When you RESPOND you are staying in control of yourself.
His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison.
Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.
When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren't taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint
The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.
Social Media is much bigger than we give it credit for. It’s not just about PR or just about marketing.
No one can argue with a testimony, it is not a debatable issue. It is there to be accepted or rejected.
Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain.
You do not have to do anything to defend yourself in life; just be beautiful, and life will defend you.
The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives
Taking responsibility as a co-creator with God presupposes a basic understanding of how creation works.
One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create.
Teachers craft classrooms that are good matches for their teaching styles as well as for learner needs.
Have no judgments about your life, no expectations, and give up the need to know what happens tomorrow.
We are reluctant to live outside tribal rules because we are afraid of getting kicked out of the tribe.
The simplest thing that can be said about any person, any relationship, is that it's not simple at all.
Very well," Magnus said. "Let us pause for a moment and consider—Oh, you have already run off Splendid.
There's no need to clarify my finger snap," said Magnus. "The implication was clear in the snap itself.
Are you the one with the blue eyes?" "Actually, my eyes are usually described as golden...and luminous.
The weapons room looked exactly the way something called "the weapons room" sounded like it would look.
When I think of you, and you are not there, I see you in my mind's eye always with a book in your hand.
It is easier to confront a threat as a mass, a group, not individuals who must be evaluated one by one.
Dear me," said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. "Is it because I'm better-looking than you?