As I let go of the past, the past let go of me.
In the end it may well be that Britain will be honored by the historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it.
It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump.
The notion dies hard that in some sort of way exports are patriotic but imports are immoral.
The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.
Replace worry with prayer. Make the decision to pray whenever you catch yourself worrying.
Aquamarines grew with emeralds, Claire told me. But emeralds were fragile and always broke into smaller pieces, while aquamarines were stronger, grew in huge crystals without any trouble, so they weren't worth as much. It was the emerald that didn't break that was the really valuable thing.
There is a beauty bestowed in some degree on all God's saints who pray much which is of the same nature and is the most precious of all answers to prayer. Character flows from the well-spring of prayer.