When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.
You cannot be a Christian without being a mystic
I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me
If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.
How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?
Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself.
Fear isn’t only a guide to keep us safe; it’s also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life … the great stories go to those who don’t give in to fear.
He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!"
Liveability means being able to take your kids to school, go to work, see a doctor, drop by the grocery or Post Office, go out to dinner and a movie, and play with your kids at the park - all without having to get in your car.
I believe 0% is luck. I think you create your own luck, so I don't believe in luck.
The material universe must consist. . . of bodies. . . such that each of them exercises its own separate, independent, and invariable effect, a change of the total state being compounded of a number of separate changes each of which is solely due to a separate portion of the preceding state.