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I want to work with the Philippine people and make life better there; there are systems I can work with.
Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.
Everyone goes with the flow... but the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body.
You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.
Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone.
The Soul is not composed of any materials. It is unity indivisible. Therefore it must be indestructible.
Any time you attempt to make a God beyond Christ, you murder the whole thing. God alone can worship God.
Today I meet with Dr. Syamsuddin Arif. He said Prof. al-Attas says, "I don't read much but I think a lot
This was another item about growing up: you encountered all the cliches of love and loss and heartbreak.
“No thought lives in your head rent-free.” Each thought you have will either be an investment or a cost.
Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst!
When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.
I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.
Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!
Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong.
People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie.
People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.
Soon to come in licorice, orange, cinnamon, and banana, but not strawberry, because I hate strawberries.
In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.
Actors, said Granny, witheringly. As if the world weren't full of enough history without inventing more.
Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'
I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards.
Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.
If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.
There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.
Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.
It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.
Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.
Fear is an inhibitor that has kept more people from fulfilling their destiny than any other one emotion.
God gives you the sight, the right, and the might to do great things, but you have to develop the fight!
Sometimes the wind along the Pacific shore blows so hard it steals your breath before you can inhale it.
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.
The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but "What has Jesus done for you?"
When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.
Repentance is like antiseptic. You pour antiseptic onto a wound and, at first, it stings. Then it heals.
We each after a while have to become reconciled to what it is that our talents and appetites lead us to.
When your boss and colleagues care enough to invest in your health, it is good for you and the business.
The real energy occurs in each connection between two people, which can bring about exponential returns.
You have to eat your technique. Digest it. It's in your blood, but you're not concerned with it anymore.
Our world isn't made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms; our world is made of language.
People who succeed are those who know how to mobilize all their physical and mental resources on a goal.
All change is nothing but a decision. All decisions are controlled by what we link to pain and pleasure.
When you hit a plateau you have to be willing to get a little bit worse before you get massively better.
Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
It's not the lack of resources that cause failure, it's the lack of resourcefulness that causes failure.
Find the center of what you believe matters most to you in life ,and act on it today! The moment is now!
Your capability is constant, but how much of it you use depends upon the identity you have for yourself.