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Who you're becoming is far more important than what you're doing, and yet, it is what you're doing that is determining who you're becoming.
I think that it's proper to warn people when they have clearly crossed the line between the Kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of the cults.
Attachment parenting demands not just certain actions you take with your baby but also certain emotional states to accompany those actions.
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at it.
The belief that one's suffering has a greater cosmic purpose, and is thus more exciting and more noble, well, it made a lot of sense to me.
The Lord will give His righteous servants opportunities to be bold as lions when they speak in His name and as witnesses in His priesthood.
The world, which the Greeks called Beauty, has been made such by being gradually divested of every ornament which was not fitted to endure.
We never exchange more than three words with a Friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise.
The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor
There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate.
As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.
Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.
I suppose that the great questions of "Fate, Freewill, Foreknowledge Absolute," which used to be discussed at Concord, are still unsettled.
Where there is a lull of truth, an institution springs up. But the truth blows right on over it, nevertheless, and at length blows it down.
Every man is entitled to come to Cattle-Show, even a transcendentalist; and for my part I am more interested in the men than in the cattle.
To me the purpose of art is to produce something alive...but with a separate, and of course one hopes, with an everlasting life of its own.
He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, He provideth a kindness for many generations, And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.
In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.
When you lose your parents as a child, you are indoctrinated into a club, you re taken into life's severest confidence. You are undeceived.
It's not only teenagers who think they look good in pre-holed jeans, and I doubt it's only the superannuated who are amused by Ant and Dec.
People often think that you have a sense of humor because you think that life is funny. Life isn't funny at all. It's appalling and tragic.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive
Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All of it was bullshit.
All you ever were was a little bit of the universe, thinking to itself. Very specific; this bit, here, right now. All the rest was fantasy.
We cannot hope to win the ideological battle against Islam without criticism of Islam, it is essential that we continue to criticize Islam.
It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.
The person with a safe center doesn't fear change. We can choose change without fear before a challenge only when we are strongly centered.
Things do change. The only question is that since things are deteriorating so quickly, will society and man's habits change quickly enough?
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than its conqueror.
Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.
I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard.
The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.
Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.
The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor.
One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.
Neither technology nor efficiency can acquire more time for you, because time is not a thing you have lost. It is not a thing you ever had.
It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.
You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.
If you can write each day, do it, and meet a quota. Minimum 350 words a day. A baboon can do 350 words a day. Don't be shown up by a baboon
Once you realize you're a spiritual being, you see life so differently. You respect things. You're more responsible to yourself and others.
Beauty was empty as a gourd, vain as a parakeet. But it had power. It smelled of musk and oranges and made you close your eyes in a prayer.
That was what she really wanted. To forget so thoroughly she'd never have another memory again, the bitter so bitter you gave up the sweet.
The last thing that you need to fret about is my feeling emasculated, Kitten; but talk is cheap, so I'll be sure to show you later." ~Bones
Love is a terrible weakness. It gives your enemies a perfect target, clouds your judgement, makes you reckless... and that's on a good day.
I love your hands,' he sighed. 'You think I look like an angel? Well, Kitten, your hands are my heaven and your eyes are my home.'" (Bones)
Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and at all times.
I'm doing a lot more handmade gifts. When I go to a party, I cook whatever it is I need to bring instead of just grabbing a bottle of wine.
There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of pure tragedy.
[Lily] "Petunia's hair is too curly to braid," She said conversationally. Oliver wasn't sure why, but that was what finally made him blush.