It's like 60 Minutes on acid.
Every life can be learned from, as either a flame of hope or a cautionary flare.
Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of daily tasks and functions. Others were born of the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the demands of self-determination and the roll of the dice.
. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good.
Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail
You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.
Let's be honest, the cards' on the table: Jealousy's a sin, Cain killed Abel. Backstabber. . . Caesar had Brutus. It's hard to weed 'em out, even Jesus had Judas.
Housetops were covered with 'gazers'; all wharves that offered a view were jammed with people. . . As British officers happily reminded one another, it was the largest fleet ever seen in American waters. In fact it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century, the largest, most powerful force ever sent forth by Britain or any other nation.
Water is a miracle - it takes so many forms - is the core of life - is holy. So it becomes important to pay utmost attention to the holiness which is this planet's life - blood, which we are destroying. I always look for it in a poem. I honor it. I pay it mind.
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.