“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.”
“I urge you to: Trudge not through life leaving ugly gashes, Tiptoe not through life leaving half-formed impressions, But tread gently, lovingly and purposefully Leaving graceful heart-prints.”
“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”
“I asked for strength, and God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom, and God gave me problems to learn to solve. I asked for prosperity, and God gave me a brain and brawn to work. I asked for courage, and God gave me dangers to overcome. I asked for love, and God gave me people to help. I asked for favors, and God gave me opportunities. I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed.”
“All people should strive to learn before they die: what they are running from, and to, and why.”
“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.”
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are just rearranging their prejudices.”
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.”
