People must learn more and more that the strength of this country is the democratic power of the trade union movement
If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I'm gonna be really pissed.
Life is never quite like the brochure.
I'm thinking of writing a children's story about a leaf on a tree who arrogantly insists he's a self-made, independent leaf. Then one day a fierce wind blows him off his branch and to the ground below. As his life slowly ebbs away, he looks up at the magnificent old tree that had been his home and realizes that he had never been on his own. His entire life he had been part of something bigger and more beautiful than anything he could have imagined. In a blinding flash, he awakens from the delusion of self. Then an arrogant, self-centered kid rakes him up and bags him.
Love, sex, food, friendship, art, play, beauty and the simple pleasure of a cup of tea are all well and good, but never forget that Godthe universe is determined to kill you by whatever means necessary.
It's safe to talk openly and honestly with people because they're not really listening.
Don't forget that you are the product of a culture that went stark raving mad about ten thousand years ago. Adjust your thinking accordingly.
I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities.
The Lord hereby would make us the more acknowledge His hand, and to see that our help is always in Him