I don't even remember if he hurt me with even one punch. Amazing what the result is.
Love is a choice you make everyday.
We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic.
What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.
We can choose the attitude that says, I have been wronged. People have hurt me, but with the help of God, I am going to learn how to return good for evil, and I am going to make a difference in this world.
Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, "I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help?" We are trying to show that we believe in him and in his abilities. We are giving credit and praise.
By nature, most people are controlled by their emotions. They feel sad, so they look sad.
The whole life-effort of man is to get his life into direct contact with the elemental life of the cosmos, mountain life, cloud life, thunder life, air life, earth life, sun life. To come into immediate felt contact, and so derive energy, power and a dark sort of joy. This effort into sheer naked contact, without an intermediary or mediator is the root meaning of religion.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
If you really dig a chick, you should talk to her, not steal her picture.
One should have insight into this world of dreams that passes in the twinkling of an eye.