I don't admire the person who does what they want to do. I admire the person who does what they're afraid to do.
Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members.
The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.
How does one control weight? By not overeating. How does one stay in shape? One plays sports. There are no magic pills here.
Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.
The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them.
Christ is the eternal Son of God, and He is in His divine attributes the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). If therefore He loved in the days of His flesh, He loves now; if He cared then, He cares now; if He healed then, He heals no...
..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves? does the orphanage stop screaming for its mother? when the sand in the desert has been melted down to glass and our reflection is not something ...
The chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
The virtue of a woman does not go deep but her passion knows no limit.
He must indeed be a good master who never does wrong.
Who undertakes many things at once seldom does anything well.
The devil does not always wear boots -- he sometimes comes barefoot.
There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.
Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.
Does your neighbor bore you? Lend him some money.
If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.
The voice of a poor man does not carry very far.
