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A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many attachments.
My Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless.
What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces.
Let me assure you that all of our pets, and animals of every kind will be with us for eternity on the Other Side.
There is more to loving someone than just making yourself happy. You have to want him to be happier than you are.
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
Weave your creative threads in the dark and then when the sun hits them, they will glisten with intricate beauty.
I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
Skepticism about the potential to achieve the kinds of breakthroughs we need has been a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Someone is always going to try to knock you down and take your place. It is up to you to fight for what you want.
I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
If you had enough money, you could hardly commit crimes at all. You just perpetrated amusing little peccadilloes.
You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away.
People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.
The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
Once you adopt and communicate a quality policy, stick with it, live it, and protect it. You get only one chance!
There is no such way to attain to greater measures of grace, as for a man to live up to that little grace he has.
We term sleep a death, and yet it is waking that kills us, and destroys those spirits that are the house of life.
To make an end of all things on Earth, and our Planetical System of the World, he (God) need but put out the Sun.
May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, courtesy, and love. May they be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.
Our Heavenly Father can appreciate our love for Him by how well we serve Him and how well we serve our fellowmen.
Few see beyond the outward appearance And recognize the true worth of a human soul. When they do, miracles occur.
This kind of intense loyalty, then, became the well-spring of the IBM spirit, the family spirit as it was called.
This crown of free will is fallen from our head" and "If it be God's purpose that saves then it is not free will.
They decided that all liars should be whipped. And a man came along and told them the truth. And they hanged him.
Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor.
The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.
The human race doesn't need more books telling them what to do. They need the power to do what they already know.
It is because of the doctrine of judgment and hell that Jesus' proclamations of grace and love are so astounding.
Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.
There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'
The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs ahead of my own.
Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.
One of the fundamental conditions of happiness is to know that everything that one does has a meaning in eternity
There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.
All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.
Heaven is living in your hopes and Hell is living in your fears. It's up to each individual which one he chooses.
Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are.
People who experience negative or stressful emotions on an ongoing basis are less healthy and live shorter lives.
If you don’t trust, you will die if not physically then emotionally. To do anything in life, you must have faith.
If you don't make a decision about how you are going to live, then you have already made a decision, haven't you?
Lead a life of your own design, on your own terms -not one that others, or the environment have scripted for you.
You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way.
It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.
I'm not West Coast at all. I was born in Atlanta, but I grew up in Kentucky, outside of Lexington, in Winchester.
Usually, whatever people's particular political leaning is, they either think I'm just like them or the opposite.
As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.
Unless the poor of the world agitate for themselves to be heard, there will be no changes in their circumstances.