The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that read more

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

Reject hatred without hating.

Reject hatred without hating.

Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them read more

Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to read more

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.

Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of read more

Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of things to yield with a grace to reason and bow and accept at the end of a love or a season.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.