At least a circus performance does not last long, and the regime availing itself of the services of clownish journalists has the longevity of a mouldering mushroom.
Granny was right,' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.
He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.
And he grew and grew strong as a boy must grow who does not know that he is learning any lessons, and who has nothing in the world to think of except things to eat" (23).
a hero is just somebody who does the right thing when it would be far, far easier to do nothing.” -Cedric Diggory-
No sooner do I conquer a bad habit than I become the biggest critic of anyone who still does what I just stopped doing.
It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.
I am so glad that Jesus does not say, “Practice more spiritual disciplines.” He says, “Come to me…and I will give you rest.
All of this might seem diabolical, but the saloon-keeper was in no wise to blame for it. He was in the same plight as the manufacturer who has to adulterate and misrepresent his product. If he does not, some one else will.
You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!
But Dostoevsky does allow himself to ask just this very question: whether our reason has any right to judge between the possible and the impossible.
The devil does some of his best work behind stained glass.
What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want and the Constitution does not require, but which are in vogue in circles to which the court responds.
That's the thing I'm learning about being thrown out on yer own. Nobody does nothing for you. If you don't change it, it don't get changed.
If only one person were perfectly informed there could never be a general crisis. But the only perfectly informed person is God, and he does not play the stock market.
I've given her signs! I've given her plenty of signs. What does she want me to do? Slap him across the face with my glove, and challenge him to pistols at dawn?
It isn't often that Aunt Dahlia lets her angry passions rise, but when she does, strong men climb trees and pull them up after them.
When you get the coffee from the store, does it come in a great big metal can?' He beamed. 'Absolutely.' That was all I needed to hear. "Tea. A cup of tea.
We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?
While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.
I say nothing, not one word, from beginning to end, and neither does he. If it were lawful for a woman to hate her husband, I would hate him as a rapist.
