Hope lies in action

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

How obvious can it be? ... The purpose of makeup is to defy the degradations of time, and time is just a synonym for death.

Where does fiction end and reality begin?

Most people regarded Psychology as a science. Some called it a soft science, but those making such a distinction grew fewer by the year.

Although enlightened people know that an extreme phobia wasn't a form of madness, hey could not help but regard it as odd.

Mist to mist, drops to drops. For water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return.

Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.**(emphasis by author)[2002] p.25f

If I’ve learned one thing, it’s that the unfortunate thing about life is that everything’s mixed. There’s no absolute good and there’s no absolute evil. There’s just a lot of confusion.

It's easy to get wrapped up in sharing everyday life with a partner. It's fun to get lost in love and romance. It's the best. But holding on to yourself while doing that is the most important thing.

Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are.

People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had a bit to do with one of those traditions.

science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you.

Each choice has a consequence. Each consequence a destination.

I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.

The most important thing is not the work I can do for God. The most important thing is to make God the most important thing.