Like all true eccentrics, he thought other people very odd.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
It is man and not the Bible that needs correcting. Greater and more careful scholarship has shown that apparent contradictions were caused by incorrect translations, rather than divine inconsistencies...
I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends.
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying
Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.
There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His...