God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and trust
Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive.
It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.
Guilt says I've done something wrong;. . . shame says there is something wrong with me. Guilt says I've made a mistake;. . . shame says I am a mistake. Guilt says what did was not good;. . . shame says I am no good.
Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are.
I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.
The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programmed this vulnerability, it's our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.
The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.
Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously. . . drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.
English majors understand human nature better than economists do.
Personally, I'm afraid of suffering and afraid of dying. I'm also afraid of witnessing the suffering and death of those who are close to me. And no doubt I project these fears on those around me and those to come, which makes it impossible for me to understand why everyone isn't an antinatalist, just as I have to assume pronatalists can't understand why everyone isn't like them.