And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?
If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.
I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me
If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.
How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?
Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself.
Fear isn’t only a guide to keep us safe; it’s also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life … the great stories go to those who don’t give in to fear.
Falling in love happens so suddenly that it seems, all at once, that you have always been in love.
The Baptist found him far too deep; The Deist sighed with saving sorrow; And the lean Levite went to sleep, And dreamed of tasting pork to-morrow.
Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up.
To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago.