Keep your eyes and your mind open. Don’t be blinded by filters like fear, uncertainty, pessimism and negativity.

Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.

I understand (finally) that God does not REACT to prayers or petitions. He has ACTED. It is already done.

Why trade definite for a maybe?

Depending on the strength of the relationship, level of communication and one’s tolerance for discord, many people are able to get past normal skirmishes unscathed.

In relationships, everyone makes mistakes. If you are forgiven for yours, don't take it for granted.

Truth be told, many couples spend more time planning the wedding and the honeymoon than they do preparing for the marriage.

Trying to change someone to suit your desires is a setup for disappointment.

No one should gain access to the important areas of your life if you are not absolutely sure they are there for good reason.

No matter how worldly I became, there was always that one part of me that never forgot where I came from and how simple life was there.

Don't be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!

Dare to travel on new path.

Well, memory can play tricks. Most people, I think, tend to remember the good rather than the bad when someone close to them dies.

Just because we're going to be in different worlds doesn't mean we've left each other - Julie Jaynes

When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the service of a political tendency in the country with which I had already felt very strong disagreement.

Food is medicine! We have forgotten that!

The more you defend in the face of a critical audience, the more you polarize.

In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.

The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly.

The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.

The highest state is laughter.