That was the dangerous thing about dreams-how quicly you became tangled in it all. People naturally let their guard down when they slept.
How could I alone have invented it or imagined it in my dream? Could my petty heart and fickle, trivial mind have risen to such a revelation of truth?
Why did everyone send casseroles in times of crisis? Why didn't anyone ever send brownies and Jack Daniel's?
Death is a long process," Archer says. "Your body is just the first part of you that croaks." Meaning: Beyond that, your dreams have to die. Then your expectations. And your anger about investing a lifetime in learning shit and loving people and earn...
They told me that nothing was a sin, just a poor life choice. Poor impulse control. That nothing is evil. Any concept of right versus wrong, according to them, is merely a cultural construct relative to one specific time and place. They said that if ...
[W]hat makes earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven.
My mom said once that education was a privilege not afforded to everyone, but she was wrong--it wasn't a privilege. It was our right. We had the right to a future.
Don't allow the pride, ego and insecurities of others stunt your growth.
Reason is the first victim of strong emotion.
God has ALREADY given you the strength you need, it's up to you to recognize that you were BORN a conqueror!
But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.
Good thing or bad thing must surely come to an end but absoluety nothing last forever
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree...
Anything that needlessly robs you of your time, energy, and other precious resources is destructive to you and your leadership.
I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.
The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.
The fact that you are possessed by a demon does not mean you must become evil. Being evil is a choice, just as being good is a choice. If you let the demon take over, it's because you choose to.
Reforms will come as all great reforms have always come in ridding us of evils against both man and animal--not as we change our moral principles but as we discern and accept the implications of principles already held.
It's my petty fear of personal rejection that allows so many true evils to exist. My cowardice enables atrocities.
You can't expect to reap a harvest that you're not willing to plant.
We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.
