No one is ever holy without suffering.
I don't want to go to Peru. "How do you know? You've never been there. " I've never been to hell either and I'm pretty sure I don't want to go there.
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.
I prefer to shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it. You make the niches in which you finally reside.
You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
I would have to go back to being a dog. I've called myself a dog for many years.
I've gotten thicker skin mostly from being older. You just stop caring quite as much about everything.