We frequently do good in order to enable us to do evil later with impunity exemption of punishment.
I had a nice childhood. War and all the experiences affected me as a person and helped me to grow, to change.
I had a unique privilege to have a good start in life and a chance to develop my talents.
My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.
In my case, I can sincerely say nothing is impossible.
Mangling my racket and an odd swearword on the court is not something I am proud of and it shouldn't happen, but even my coaches have told me that it's sometimes better to let it all out, the anger inside you, because keeping it bottled would just eat you up in the long term.
I love being around people who care about me, and I care about them.
A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.
He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.
Meditation stills the wandering mind and establishes us forever in a state of peace.
The mind is a far bigger domain than we ever imagined.