The day he learned that he was terminally ill was the day he lost interest in his purchasing power.
The end of loneliness is when someone needs you. And the world is so full of need.
The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. It’s become quite clear to me as I’ve been sick. If you don’t have the support and love...
The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.His voice dropped to a whisper. Let it come in. We think we don’t deserve love, we think if we let it in we’ll...
The old darkness has taken a seat alongside him. He is used to it by now, making room for it the way you make room for a commuter on a crowded bus.
The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to...
The slightest human contact was immediate joy.
The subject was the meaning of life. It was taught from experience.The teaching goes on.
The tension of opposites? Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn’t. You take certain t...
The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight...
The wrongs we do open doors to do right.
Then why do we do so many bad things? He sighed. Because one thing God gave us—and I’m afraid it’s at times a little too much—is free will. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to...
There are no random acts...We are all connected...You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind...
We move through places every day that would never have been if not for those who came before us. Our workplaces, where we spend so much time--we often think they began with our arrival. That's not tru...
We must be open to God's miracles.
We think because we're human we're somethin above nature...we are not. Everything that gets born, dies.
We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said, 'Love is the only rational act.
We who are born, are born to die.
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