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If a leader comes to office in a seemingly fair election and tolerates dissent, he or she qualifies for our seal of approval.
The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.
In the 1980s, the U.S. Army invaded two Caribbean countries, Grenada and Panama, to depose leaders who had defied Washington.
Play, intrinsically rewarding, doesn't cost anything; as soon as you put a price on it, it becomes, to some extent, not play.
One of greatest thieves this world has is procrastination, and he is still at large. Are we aiding and abetting the criminal?
There is a fatality about unkept good resolutions. They are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
Telling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia.
This is a very grave matter, punishable by...well, I do not exactly know what, but something rather severe, I should imagine.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point
Take off the veil of hypnotism which you have cast upon the world, send not out thoughts and words of weakness unto humanity.
What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.
Forget not that thy marriage, thy wealth, thy life are not for sense-pleasure, are not for thy individual personal happiness.
The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.
The way to God is the opposite to that of the world. And to few, very few, are given to have God and mammon at the same time.
The one who actually succeeds in making himself believe that he is having a good time is the man of splendid physical health.
It’s an important time to be writing about the connections we share with our fellow creatures. It’s a great time to be alive.
Seekers are all following some distant star, and eventually will come to recognize that this star resides in their very core.
People wonder whether I got my presenting job as a result of my own abilities or because of Gordon, which is a little unfair.
That's why writers write—to say things loudly with ink. To give feet to thoughts; to make quiet, still feelings loudly heard.
I'd crack up without my music. It's the best company you can have, really. It don't say 'no' or 'maybe,' or ask no questions.
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.
The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.
It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse.
Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery.
People who used magic without knowing what they were doing usually came to a sticky end. All over the entire room, sometimes.
They were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer.
He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe. Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.
I mistrust the term graphic novel because it sounds like a good thing to put on a tee-shirt. That's why the French like them.
Never be too quick to criticize yourself. It's not fair to all of your friends and relatives, who are dying to do it for you.
The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary locus of divine-human communication.
Of all the issues we are concerned with at present, the most basic issue, in my estimation, is that of human-earth relations.
They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial Man.
Nor do they speak properly who say that time consumeth all things; for time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it.
Great coaches are visionaries. Great coaches instill, nurture, and encourage vision, then model and motivate surrender to it.
The New Testament, they tell us, is founded upon the prophecies of the Old; if so, it must follow the fate of its foundation.
The representative system of government is calculated to produce the wisest laws, by collecting wisdom where it can be found.
It is a fraud of the Christian system to call the sciences human invention; it is only the application of them that is human.
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.
Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.
A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
When pain and suffering come upon us, we finally see not only that we are not in control of our lives but that we never were.
God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.
Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.
Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God.
The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted.
Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.