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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living.
Supply yourself with a mental equivalent, and the thing must come to you.
To be very clear, I have completely ruled out state funding for stadiums.
I had a great time at Oxford, got a wonderful, wonderful education there.
When people have jobs in a thriving economy, it solves a lot of problems.
Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.
Happiness is not a noun or a verb. It's a conjunction. Connective tissue.
Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
Something may have been lost in translation, but it certainly wasn't love
Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red.
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit.
I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.
There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing!
The English talked with inflected phrases. One phrase to mean everything.
The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a person dull, boring, and despised.
Never face reality unless your reality is just the way you want it to be.
People are looking for an answer, and I know that Answer is Jesus Christ.
Beware the artist who's an intellectual also. The artist who doesn't fit.
It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream.
he could transform the barest incident into a thing of curve and contour.
I've crossed adulthood, and I feel like lots of people are fighting that.
I wouldn't say that I dislike the young. I'm simply not a fan of naïveté.
I think that fear of embarrassment is the essence of the human challenge.
For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.
If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.
Women in love sooner forgive great indiscretions than small infidelities.
The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.
It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.
It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.
Lesson no. 17: Happiness is caring about the happiness of those you love.
Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?
Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount.
Kids are not going to sit and read a slow-paced book. Neither are adults.
The religions are delusional constructs formed around an infallible core.
The clearsighted eye turns the light back to see its own Original Nature.
Enlightenment is represented by Sri Krishna, who is said to be an avatar.
This kind of love doesn't work very well, it destorys the nature of love.
In the yoga of love, one has a teacher. It is the teacher whom one loves.
Neither is detrimental, but the mystical kundalini is a bit more raucous.
When there's nothing but humility, there's nothing but spiritual oneness.