And Quotes
There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and happiness than to think, feel, and say what is ours.
(Some people) have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.
Like a great poet, Nature produces the greatest results with the simplest means. These are simply a sun, trees, flowers, water and love.
The church is not an institution forcing us to follow rules but a community inviting us to still our hunger and thirst at its table.
We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather than a copy.
Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.
Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own feelings of mediocrity and fear.
Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.
Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.
Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence.
Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.
If a Christian really believed that his neighbor will be tortured in all eternity in Hell, he should try day and night to persuade him to repent and believe. How sad that this doesn't happen.
Life's impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious. It's what shapes our time here. It's what makes it so important than not a single moment be wasted.
Send out love and harmony, put your mind and body in a peaceful place, and then allow the universe to work in the perfect way that it knows how.
Dream stompers are people who want to stomp on your hopes and dreams. Lose their phone numbers
The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.
I know no better way to show true patriotism and love for one's country, than investing to create wealth and employment.
All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are
Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.
Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust
I am in Love with Love and Love is in love with me. My body is in Love with the soul and the soul is in Love with my body. I opened my arms to Love and Love embraced me like a lover.
Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it.
Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.
As you look back on a year almost ended, recall the ways in which God has been inviting you to return, again and again, to Love which is the same as returning to God
Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.
There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.
We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with Americans.
I have supped mead with lords and ladies; so to have I slumbered in nameless lanes and gored upon mutton.
We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.
Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance to commune with the Spirit of Nature and the Spirit of the Universe…
... Every circumstance in life, no matter how crooked and distorted and ugly it appears to be, if it is reacted to in love and forgiveness and obedience to your will can be transformed.
Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.
It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.
I believe that my personal mission in life is to grow and contribute, so I am learning and growing every day.
Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other.
The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.
What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning
Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.