Does Hollywood do movies about terrorism? Yeah. And why do they do that? Because it sells.
Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities.
We need schools to force kids to learn things they have no use for.
May the forests be with you and with your children.
The world is not in any sense in danger from itself. The world is in fact not in any danger at all. It is we who are in danger.
All paths lie together in the hand of god like a web endlessly woven, and yours and mine are no greater or less than the beetle's or the squirrel's or the sparrow's. All are held together.
This law … defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabilities, but you may not hunt down your competitors or destroy their food or deny them access to food. In other words, you may compete but you may not wage war.
It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins.
I always compare young missioners to the kids who naively signed up to go to Iraq to fight terrorism. They are just the foot soldiers in the spiritual war that Mike Bickle and Lou Engle are waging against what they consider sin. They will say it is biblical truth, but the Bible says many things, and you don't see anyone saying that slavery is okay or that we should not eat shellfish. Why the fascination with sex?
What is the beauty of the haiku is that it is not simplistic. The beauty of the haiku I just said is very complex. It reaches all the complexities of our life on this Earth. Peace - that's a very complex idea, peace, so we can't get it as human beings.
Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold.