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Art is a war - between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work. The artist is a warrior.
Every spring, I begin cutting my firewood for the upcoming winter. It should be cut months ahead of time so it will dry and cure.
Every reader re-creates a novel - in their own imagination, anyway. It's only entirely the writer's when nobody else has read it.
I know that's an endorsement I've been waiting for," Skye added. "Perfectly adequate in bed. They should make that into a T-shirt
It's just like John Mayer says in "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room". When it's this bad, you have to get out or you'll get burned.
Absolutely pay off your credit card debt, because a child can always get a loan to go to school, possibly a scholarship, a grant.
A cash advance on a credit card is one of the worst types of borrowing because the interest rate is typically 21 percent or more.
Ask yourself: Does the job touch my heart and feed my soul? You will never be what you were meant to be if you aren't having fun.
Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3)
Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.
The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.
Let us worship the spirit in spirit, standing on spirit. Let the foundation be spirit, the middle spirit, the culmination spirit.
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.
When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.
Man can become like God and acquire control over the whole universe if he multiplies infinitely his centre of self-consciousness.
We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God, or to angels.
The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things.
It's not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be the right person in the right place at the right time.
'Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind' was born out of my own journey of self-discovery within both my personal and professional life.
You should never ask God to do what He has said He’s already done, and you should never ask God to do what He has told you to do.
One of the most meaningful things we can do as parents is teach our children the power of prayer, not just the routine of prayer.
You can't force yourself to say "yes" to a bigger life. You will do it in your way. You will do it when smallness hurts too much.
Quantum mechanics is so counter-intuitive, physicists have never been able to come up with a comfortable picture of how it works.
The world is full of incredible people who are embodiments of compassion. Some of them have a spiritual path; some of them don't.
The problem is that our inherent ignorance keeps us in samsara and unable to benefit ourselves and others on a really deep level.
Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.
Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.
You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.
Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians
Mr. Tulip lived his life on that thin line most people occupy just before they haul off and hit someone repeatedly with a wrench.
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.
These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there.
Mort was hurt by this. It was one thing not to want to marry someone, but quite another to be told they didn't want to marry you.
Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering.
God does not always heal us instantly the way we think. He is not a jack-in-the-box God. But God is walking with me through this.
We must now understand that our own well-being can be achieved only through the well-being of the entire natural world around us.
Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.
The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.
Opportunities are everywhere. Needed are eyes to see the pitiable plight and ears to hear the silent pleadings of a broken heart.
Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
Sure, he was lonely. Sure, they had a lot in common. Sure, he was attracted to her, and it was clear she felt the same about him.
Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.
If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still controlling you.
Tensions exist in any free society. But the freedom we enjoy rests on a foundation of individual liberty and shared moral values.
Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his extremities.
Time, presence and physical attentiveness are our most basic proxies for something ultimately unprovable: that we are understood.
With enough emotional intensity and repetition, our nervous systems experience something as real, even if it hasn't occurred yet.
In the end, money should serve something greater than just money. It should serve you, your family, the people you want to touch.