If you do anything above party, the true hearted ones of all parties sympathize with you.
The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. . . forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it
To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!
The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.
We must remember when we speak of the "negativism" of the toddler that this is also the child who is intoxicated with the discoveries of the second year, a joyful child who is firmly bound to his parents and his new-found world through ties of love. The so-called negativism is one of the aspects of this development, but under ordinary circumstances it does not become anarchy. It's a kind of declaration of independence, but there is no intention to unseat the government.
Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage.
That's like buying asparagus and then leaving it at the checkout. Why would you do that?
Is your work an interpretation of your understanding of reality, or is it simply a picture of your feelings?