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A wise man once remarked that we can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.
The art of humility begins with a recognition of our dependence on others and an appreciation of God's gift of life.
I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me.
Art and religion (they are the same thing, in the end, of course) have given man the only happiness he has ever had.
I first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but I had known her about ever since I could remember anything at all.
A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.
If we find ourselves becoming critical of other people we should stop examining them, and start examining ourselves.
In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.
Faith in God is the instrument which enables men and women to remove the hills of difficulty which block their path.
It is the simple truth to say that the New Testament books became canonical because no one could stop them doing so.
I find it easier to believe in God than to believe Hamlet was deduced from the molecular structure of a mutton chop.
The Beatles are not merely awful. I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful.
The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.
In many lines of wok, it isn't how much you do that counts, but how much you do well and how often you decide right.
When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.
Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections.
If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.
Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.
Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
If Christians had ever been brave enough to make Christ alive, nobody would now be saying that Christianity is dead.
Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense.
There is only one thing worse than training employees and losing them, and that's not training them and keeping them
Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons, we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.
Today be thankful and think how rich you are. Your family is priceless, your time is gold and your health is wealth.
Each close you use should be an educational process by which you are able to raise the value in the prospect's mind.
I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
As I see it every single day you do one in every of two issues: construct well being or produce illness in your self.
We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.
Be thankful, but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver.
When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.
The good news isn't that God is victorious. How can He not be victorious? The good news is we can be victorious, too.
Most Christians are satisfied living as common Christians, without an insatiable hunger for the deeper things of God.
The idea of the divine-human friendship originated with God. Had not God said first 'Ye are my friends?' (John 15:14)
It's a sad world we live in when a human being leaves so little of a mark that no one even realizes it when he's gone
Jekyll and Hyde, in particular, is such an important novel in terms of suspense and setting a perfect scene for crime
When I was writing 'House Of Suns,' there were a few writers I had in mind as role models, the main being Gene Wolfe.
The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge.
We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.
The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.
Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books.
My school is very good and quite understanding and know I have to take time off for interviews or writers' festivals.
And like a soprano shattering glass, Juliet heard something snap deep inside. It was the sound of her heart breaking.
When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.
A story ... has a sturdy sense of itself of being built out of its own necessity, not just to shelter or beguile you.
Once you feel loved by the universe, you're already accepted, and you're not really concerned about offending people.
Wandering around the mall and giggling at magazines doesn't interest me. I've never enjoyed shopping. I detest shoes.
I'm certainly not surprised by the passion of the youth for our myths. Mythology is almost a part of an Indian's DNA.
AUM or Om is not related to any religion because Om was practiced before the birth of all the religions of the world.
Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget.