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I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men but is a gift from God.
We live in a time-crunched world, and just about everything we do seems to be urgent.
I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men - it's a gift from God.
Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.
Start your week off right by getting back to what is really important - honoring God.
If we have to sum up the Book of Revelation in one phrase, it would be, 'Jesus wins.'
The key to managing fear and life's tasks is to take the time daily to get organized.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.
I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.
Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings
The hard reality is that the omelette has been made and you cannot get your egg back.
Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.
Anyone worth knowing breaks once. Once. No shame, no foul if you survive it. You did.
Life isn't always fair, lass, but that doesn't mean it can't still be sweet."- Dageus
Four: If you try to force yourself into my head, I will force myself into your pants.
The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction.
This life is a dance, not a battle. We are all part of this world, not masters of it.
... everyone has to knit when they're here. ... But not every person has to use yarn.
... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances.
Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.
We are only as great as our struggles. We only become who we are in the face of them.
It's like eight thousand birds, Charles! Charles! Isn't it like eight thousand birds?
I reread 'Nicholas and Alexandra' in my early twenties, and I never forgot the story.
My sisters and I miss our dad dreadfully. But grief, of course, is the price of love.
Carrie Fay always says that nothing is really horrible unless it eats away your face.
Roxy, stop being so obnoxious!" -Joy "I'm never obnoxious; I'm just concerned." -Roxy
The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy.
Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.
Purpose has to do with one's calling - deciding what business you are in as a person.
Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?
Serenity is the end - and serenity is also the means - by which you live effectively.
Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing that can happen to a great mind.
The seeds you are harvesting today were planted by the words of your mouth yesterday.
To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man.
As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time.
If you want to know God as your Father, you need to know Jesus Christ as your Savior.
Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption
She must have been debating staying in the line or forcing me to run home and change.
Lately I’d begun carrying pain amulets in my bag, like some people have breath mints.
I sighed. "And what am I to you, Al?" "My maid," he said brightly. "Shall we do this?
We can only accept friendship from others to the degree that we give it to ourselves.
But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways.
I often help others discover the outer limits of their hatred. It’s a talent of mine.
No, indeed; I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all.
If a person thinks he can be happy without making those around him happy, he's crazy.
If things were a little better known and understood, we would all lead happier lives.
In a culture, manners are the lubrication that ease the frictions of social contacts.
Through our hardest times we have endured. Into our brightest times we are expanding.
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.