Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

A "Bay Area Bisexual" told me I didn't quite coincide with
either of her desires.

A "Bay Area Bisexual" told me I didn't quite coincide with
either of her desires.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays.

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into read more

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of
life that's far below what you deserve.

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It read more

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices
and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than
to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed
through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to
use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

What I am trying to do is to unmuddle the metaphysical.

What I am trying to do is to unmuddle the metaphysical.

An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected.".

An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected.".