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No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if read more
I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26].
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26].
You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.
You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I read more
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.
Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.
God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.
God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the read more
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.