Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility.
I started making plans, thinking we would get that far.
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.
It was darker than a pitch-black panther, covered in tar, eating black licorice at the very bottom of the deepest part of the Black Sea.
If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know.
If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success. . . but on Jesus alone.
For me, the music is spiritual and I think comes to life when we perform it in concert.
I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
It's what I'd like from my life - to live and learn, be wise and to go on without bitterness.