Ideas

"The realization that God is active in all that happens at every moment is the deepest knowledge that we can have in this life. ... The path along which we go is in itself so extraordinary that there is no ...

"The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it." - Wendell Berry ...

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform." - Susan B. Anthony ...

“Be who you are and say what you mean because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” –Dr. Seuss ...

“Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.” - W. Somerset Maugham ...

"The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the less sorry others will feel for us. People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves." - Gerald Brenan ...

“We must fight the forces that oppose our becoming whole; we must find our way through difficult and unfamiliar territory to our true home.” ~ Eugene Peterson ...

"Everybody knows they are going to die, but no one really believes it." - Spalding Gray ...

"We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it." - John Steinbeck ...

'Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so." - John Stuart ...