Whereas an Akbar might have used such technologies to fuse his diverse people together, the British used them to separate, classify and divide.
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.
Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.
And when the earth began to rumble and quake, as fear and frantic set in, he ran back inside the house past his wife and children, gathering all the valuables and things he thought of importance, and...
People and institutions that refuse to admit error eventually discredit themselves.
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...
...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces...
Whatever we have in the glory of man is "away". Those are just not enough before we go "home" to the glory of God.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.