It Is In The Heart. Quotes
The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds.
Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.
And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.
Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others.
Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.
There is no greater treasure than a husband who models godliness before his wife and children on a daily basis.
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.
I learned long ago that when change comes, you gotta slow down and take note of it. In the midst of that change is all the possibility in the world.
Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.
We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.
It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.
Mass advertising can help build brands, but authenticity is what makes them last. If people believe they share values with a company, they will stay loyal to the brand.
Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.
A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.
When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.
Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.
There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.
The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.
Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.
I got to wear blinders all the time so I won't think sideways or in the past.
Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.
God will bless you and your marriage when you follow His blueprint.
Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.
Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.
Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.
I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.
In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.
A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.
The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Leaders are hard workers. They never expect more out of the people around them than they are willing to give themselves.
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
Unshed tears leave a deposit on your heart. Eventually they form a crust around it and paralyze it, the way mineral deposits paralyze a washing machine.
But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.
A person without self-expression is a person without personal freedom.
Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness.
The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established.
