Montaigne blessed the form when he said, If I knew my own mind, I would not make essays. I would make decisions.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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.
Education is the best provision for old age.
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
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.
It's so hard to find the place somewhere in the middle of the best and worst I've felt.
Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real and great.
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.
Lord, help us to choose humility over pride. Help us to choose love over our reputation. Help us to choose patience over making a point, and your Word over our feelings. Lord, help us to choose persev...