Leonardo at twenty-nine was more easily distracted by the future than he was focused on the present. He was a genius undisciplined by diligence.
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...
Deeply happy people are even thankful for the trials and tragedies they pass through.
Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.
I looked long and hard for the paper roses! I found the reddest red ribbon, and a little golden card! We were all there together, many of us, in the same place; but I was the only one who found the pa...
The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.
The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open...
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
Police Officer Angry Aggression Theory (POAAT) is why you need to video record the police before they shoot you. Always start the video camera at the first contact, as it can go sour at any time and w...