I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him.
Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.
I’ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine.
Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.
We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?
I inhale hope with every breath I take.
…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.
Commitment to the truth. . . means a relentless willingness to root out the ways we limit or deceive ourselves from seeing what is, and to continually challenge our theories of why things are the way they are. It means continually broadening our awareness. It also means continually deepening our understanding of the structures underlying current events.
I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
Pettiness is the tendency of people without large purposes.
Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.