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"I stood for almost an hour in a line of shuffling, bitter - eyed late mailers (Christmas is such a carefree, low - pressure time - that's one of the things I love about it),..."


"It is the gospel of the kingdom that makes the difference."

"Take time to understand uncanny and bitter situations or else, you shall only end up creating yet another similar situation, situation after situation, time and again!"

"A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village, the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune from the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of his own age."

"Nothing novel or interesting happens unless it is on the border between order and chaos."

"Map out lofty goals. include reasonable checkpoints along the way... refine, improve, and enhance your behavior in alignment with your goals.. that is the dynamic of true leadership and the formula for success."

"The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't like opportunities' and stops giving them to you."

"At the best of times, Father Bain's face resembled a clenched fist."

"I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white."

"We chose younger and younger politicians to lead us because they looked good on television and were sharp. But really we should be looking for wisdom, and choosing people who had acquired it; and such people, in general, looked bad on television - gray, lined, thoughtful."

"Physical body is just an instrument, through which you experience life. You have the awareness field, along with the physical body to experience life, while the entire major functions of the physical body, is performed by the subtle strings of the soul."

"It is your sole responsibility to protect your peace of mind at all times. Don't allow miserable people to steal your joy. Many of them hate to see others happy and doing well. A lot of them will hate you just for the fact that you refuse to be placed in the shackles of misery with them."

"The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth."

"I didn't know how I could live with that knowledge, without it eating me up, without it poisoning every happy memory I had of growing up. Without it ruining everything Beck and I had.I didn't understand how someone could be both God and the devil. How the same person could destroy you and save you. When everything I was, good and bad, was knotted with threads of his making, how was I supposed to know whether to love or hate him?"

"Enough people disagree with what Jesus is to prevent Him from...from manifesting, as such. And billions don't believe He existed at all. He is a legend, a myth. A Jewish carpenter people ignore while committing acts in His name, even as they call themselves believers."

"Anxiety's already tingling my skin."

"Just because death would eventually separate us, that didn't mean it would destroy what we had. I am forever yours, in this life or the next. Some things could penetrate even the formidable barrier of death, and love was one of them."

"You betrayed me, but after all those years I discover, my tears have wiped the slate clean..."

"My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me."

"True happiness comes when you give your best in something beyond yourself."

"Sumone Yiden Smiff was a businessman of note. Was, past tense. Through years of sweat and swearing and amazingly smart (or lucky) deals he'd built up a mining empire that spanned the sum of known space. At 74 years, he had reached the apex of a career stretching half a century. His companies mined precious commodities like Impervium, Obstinatium and Bitanium. He wasn't really famous, or ostentatious. In fact he only ever made the cover of Fortune One Billion once, twenty-five years ago. He'd never married, had lots of children " light-years apart, apparently."

"A leader is the one who is pulling the sled hardest."


"So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood how I felt. Now, though, I sometimes wished for more."

"For life we need three things only: nourishment, love, and peace."

"Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create more smiles in our world today. Smiles, after all, pave the way to a happy world."

"As long as they were together, they could face anything. For the first time in a long time, she didn't feel alone-and she knew he didn't either."

"My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed."


"We are creatures built on a house of cards of language."

"FUCK UNITY! FUCK CONSENSUS! There was no unity or consensus during the American Revolution. We had principled leadership from a small, vocal, minority that refused to compromise on the issue of individual liberty."

"New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises 'Why then are you not taking part in them?"

"I am not here, I am somewhere else, my body is here but mind is in the sky"

"She didn't want to alienate herself from the very wealthy man that was about to offer her a job by declining the polite offer of a drink."

"My wife divorced me because she could not trust me anymore.I never want a divorce because I love and care about our daughter."

"Joy always follows on the heels of pain. If a person escapes a mindset that current events represent an ongoing tragedy, they will encounter and comprehend all the beauty that surrounds them. We find bliss by living alertly and unequivocally accepting whatever is occurring in the present moment. If a person realizes that the present moment is all that matters, they will gain an inner stillness and appreciate the beauty and joy of each day."
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