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A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.
Jesus Himself stresses that only those who grant forgiveness will receive it.
Trust is an act of the mind, while obedience is an act of the hands and feet.
Your attitude toward the word of God is your attitude toward Jesus (Ps 37:4).
There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.
We stay this way until twilight colours the window and the hour calls me home
I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.
Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be.
Now when I have to remember a date, all I have to do is consult my rap sheet.
Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.
Gossip bespeaks either a vacant mind or one that entertains jealousy or envy.
Life is not simple, and therefore history, which is past life, is not simple.
Intercession remains the unrivaled master in fulfilling the Great Commission.
All good books wind up, I think, with the writer getting his teeth bashed in.
The novel is an artifact, which is why antiquarians cling to it so fervently.
Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine.
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.
Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.
I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.
Instead of asking "what’s the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?
In my stillness I am the eternal possibility. In my movement I am the cosmos.
Like hunger or thirst, the instinct for balance is built into the human body.
Inherent in every intention and desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment.
Survival of the fittest is over. Get over it. We need survival of the wisest.
Inside each person is a divine being that yearns to come into full expression
The scene isn't one of perpetual death but of life circulating within itself.
The way we metabolize our experience of time influences our biological clock.
My dad said, 'In school, be a Catholic. At home, be a Hindu.' So we did both.
It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.
I feel like you only need one moment of inspiration to turn your life around.
The past is gone-the future is not come. And we are here together, you and I.
And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil.
I understand what it is that actors do. They embody someone that they aren't.
After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm.
We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.
The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.
Life takes hold of us with strong hands and makes us greater than we thought.
Rosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist.
The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.
If you feel a bump on page one hundred, it may be you went off on page fifty.
Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.
Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself.
Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.
People always form images of who others are, and they can be inflated images.
Music bypasses the conceptual mind. Music does not give you food for thought.
A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.
If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.
Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland.
Platitude: a statement that denies by implication what it explicitly affirms.
The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.