For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last read more
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is read more
Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.
A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed
limitations.
A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed
limitations.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly read more
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be read more
So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of read more
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.
We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. read more
The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing economic reason why these trends toward a better life should not continue indefinitely.
Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285 The basis of our Lord's appeal was himself. "Follow me," read more
Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285 The basis of our Lord's appeal was himself. "Follow me," "come unto me," and "ye will not come unto me," indicate sufficiently that what he offered to men was himself. He seeks to win men's acceptance of the truth that had come in him. His words and deeds served to indicate what manner of man he was and what kind of work he had come to do; and all the time it is a person addressing persons, seeking to gain their recognition of and their self-commitment to himself. He sought to exercise no authority over men that was not personal, both in the way it was exercised and in the way in which it was recognized and accepted.
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. read more
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.
