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If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His read more
If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His daily rounds, he would see below millions of his fellow humans busily hurling themselves into the passions, sports, and action of those around him. But if our observer had the power and omniscience of the Lord, he would also feel and sense, pulsing through and vibrating from every one of us here below, a desperate and unending plea, "Notice me! I want to be known admired, and loved by the whole world!" And it is this, this glorious weakness, this dependence of ours on each other, that makes some of us usually heroes and fools at the same time.
A man must learn to forgive himself.
A man must learn to forgive himself.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient read more
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some read more
Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without read more
It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived….
It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived….
