I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts - protecting them, I thought, from the threats of the real world. This gave me a tremendous advantage in politics, if not in my soul. The true me, my spiritual core, slipped further and further...
Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout a...
What conclusion is to be drawn from this paradox so worthy of being born in our time; and what will become of virtue when one has to get rich at all cost? The ancient political thinkers forever spoke of morals and of virtue; ours speak only of commer...
We have begun a fight that it may be will take many a generation to complete...but you know that men are not put into this world to go the path of ease; they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle...We have given our lives to the...
There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.
When a person feels appreciated for their infinite and absolute value, you can then communicate about any issue and you will have their cooperation and respect.
The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Caroline, do you value your neck?" "Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why?" "Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it.
They value punishment because they think it means their actions are important - that they are important. You don't get punished for doing something unimportant, after all.
If you already have a person's love no sacrifice can be too much to give for it; but any sacrifice is too great to buy it for you.
Christianity is not a doctrine, not, I mean, a theory about what has happened & will happen to the human soul, but a description of something that actually takes place in human life.
Perhaps what is inexpressible (what I find mysterious and am not able to express) is the background against which whatever I could express has its meaning.
Most cowgirls are natural storytellers, their art honed by years of practice. . . . It serves as entertainment; it also preserves the humor and value of a unique way of life.
A loan is the scissors of friendship. A man's own tongue may cut his throat. The cage has no value without the bird.
facts are aligned on shelves as well, necessarily chosen and arranged, assigned value by explanations neatly stuck where prices might have been.
Truth is not as pompous and romantic as myth ... but it has the immeasurable value of being the Truth.
He had brought no possessions with him; he would take none away. There were none to have--everything of value was in the school computer or his own head and hands.
Loss taught me the value of tears. Just as the rains come down to wash away debris and dust, tears unleashed can bring relief.
Madness, genius, originality - it's all the same thing; it's a breaking of our normal value structure and the substitution of another one.
I am . I value my uniqueness. If there were more like me I would hope they were small and easy to .
The world turns gray, the air grows cool, the fog blows in. Only at evening can you really value home.
