Every leader is telling a story. . . about what he or she values.
Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.
If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us.
We are all the walking wounded in a world that is a war zone. Everything we love will be taken from us, everything, last of all life itself. Yet everywhere I look, I find great beauty in this battlefield, and grace and the promise of joy.
A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost.
We can approach belief from an intellectual path, but in the end, God must be taken on faith. Proofs are for things of this world, things in time and of time, not beyond time.
What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?
Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success.
I'm not a bona fide human being.
If we don't embrace a low carbon economy this decade, it won't just harm the planet, but also the U. S. economy.
Our directives must be reassessed.