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At last He is healed of his self-doubt. Now what is happening ? He is awakening To his souls ecstasy-sun.
I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.
Graduating from high school is certainly a good idea, but it's no longer much protection against poverty.
This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle.
Erotic names, robes, insignia of office, titles- the trappings of religion- confuse as much as they help.
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild.
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.
If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.
Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!
It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.
Of course when you were running with the bottom dogs, what you mostly saw were paws, claws, and assholes.
When you write you tell yourself a story. When you rewrite you take out everything that is NOT the story.
Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up
By tomorrow at this time, I think you're going to have a much better idea of what crazy is. -- Ev Hillman
They were trying to run, trying to hide. But the rock would not hide them; the dead tree gave no shelter.
The shining. It was a good name, a comforting name, because she had always thought of it as a dark thing.
I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time.
Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.
You can move beyond the ego's perspective and see reality from the perspective of a higher consciousness.
Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.
Radical transformation of society requires personal and spiritual change first or at least simultaneously
Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.
The forgetting of the history of marginalized groups is both a cause and effect of their marginalization.
Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.
We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected.
When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy.
It was my misfortune-or salvation-to be at all times perfectly conscious of my misperceptions of reality.
We are, in the end, a sum of our parts, and when the body fails, all the virtues we hold dear go with it.
A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.
When it comes to tackling your financial goals, whatever they might be, there's no time like the present.
As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
The main feature should be the teaching of principles through stories. Don't make it metaphysical at all.
The forms are evanescent; but the spirit, being in the Lord and of the Lord, is immortal and omnipresent.
Religion is the life of India, religion is the language of this country, the symbol of all its movements.
To be unselfish, perfectly selfless, is salvation itself; for the man within dies, and God alone remains.
There cannot be any form unless it is the result of force and matter; and all combinations must dissolve.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience. It isn't more complicated than that.
Your past is your shadow. It has form but no substance, except in the places you allow it to touch you. (
Our main goal is to honor God and to honor this country by honoring and serving those families who serve.
I'm extremely grateful to all the first responders, veterans and their families for all their sacrifices.
The future of Dharma is in women's hands now because they have this energy which was never really tapped.
Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.
It takes a tremendous amount of merit to meet with the dharma - especially if you have an interest in it.
Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.
Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.
The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.
Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.