So it is worse to slap a baby than a horse, if both slaps are administered with equal force.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
There's more to a person than flesh. Judge others by the sum of their soul and you'll see that beauty is a force of light that radiates from the inside out.
Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.
Do not avert your eyes.It is important that you see this.It is important that you feelthis.
Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.
Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the fu...
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
My intellect is so limited, Lord, that I can only trust in You to preserve me as I should be.
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.
What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of info...