A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly read more

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the read more

Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.

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.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth read more

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.