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Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.
A writer of fiction is really... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men.
We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'
Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed
The novelist works neither to correct nor to condone, not at all to comfort, but to make what's told alive.
Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had
It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.
He looked at her and for a moment she lived in the bright blue worlds of his eyes, eagerly and confidently.
If I had my ministry over again, I would devote far more time to the ministry of comfort and encouragement.
Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.
I drank my lifetime supply of alcohol and I took my lifetime supply of drugs between the ages of 15 and 19.
American women think that clothes fit them if they can fit into them. But that's not at all what fit means.
I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car?
New Yorkers, we've seen Donald Trump for, like, 30 years; we know who he is. So he wasn't a surprise to me.
Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.
It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.
That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.
The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.
If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.
Sin is the Monster we love to deny. It is crouching at the door and it wants you, but you must overcome it.
We have a God who loves us. We are in the palm of his hand. He doesn't leave us, and He doesn't forsake us.
It's the picnic principle. Things taste better outdoors. And if it's a forbidden thing, so much the better.
Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions.
Be kind; you're only here for a while. No sense of superiority, just do things for others. It's really fun.
Good and bad karma are just ways of evaluating causal experience. What you do affects your attention field.
In deep meditation, all of the things that we call life, all of the combinations of experiences, fall away.
Take out two pieces of paper. One piece of paper, list all the people you know who are adding to your life.
If you line everything up, just right, you walk through a doorway where the world as you know it collapses.
What you will be in your next life is the sum total of the realizations that you have had in this lifetime.
Enlightenment is not a finite state. It's not something that you just do and it's done. It goes on forever.
When you're humble it's like wearing a beautiful flower. It inspires others. It generates energy and power.
Whenever anybody does well spiritually, I usually ignore them. It's the greatest compliment I can pay them.
It is impossible to move on to new states of mind unless you seek the forgiveness of those you've offended.
The person who did all of these things has gone away, vanished without a trace in the ecstasy of existence.
The body is a very low level machine language. The language of the soul, of the mind, is much more evolved.
When you look at a couch you don't really see the couch. You see the couch as perceived by a state of mind.
Everything that we do involves energy, personal power. The more energy we have, the more we can accomplish.
In lower levels things are dark, gray, experiences are shallow. You become alienated from those around you.
Learn not to judge your meditation. Just meditate, do your best, set a minimum period of time and meditate.
If you wait till you're very sure, then you'll find yourself doing it, and when you do there'll be an ease.
Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates.
When you love someone, you shouldn't feel that they should love in return. You have to give people freedom.