Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible.
If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.
The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.
I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine. " It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter.
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
Do the right thing, and then do the next right thing, and that will lead you to the next right thing after that.
Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.
If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I. R. A. for it.
I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.
If you are offended by reading views that disagree with yours, then yes, you will be offended. However, it is not gratuitously offensive, it simply puts an argument, and if your views are strong enough, as I believe they are, you will be able to defend your views. You will not say, "Oh, it's offensive, it's offensive. " You will say "No, you are wrong here and you are wrong here," and that's what you should do.
But God has to be given permission to work in this earth realm on behalf of man. You are in control! So if man has control, who no longer has it? God. When God gave Adam dominion, that meant God no longer had dominion. So God cannot do anything in this earth unless we let Him. And the way we let Him or give Him permission is through prayer.