To sate your need without love is theft

Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself.

Had she learned to feel again, only to have to feel this? Could any amount of love ever be worth the pain of losing it?

One way to disperse fear and create decision was to consider the worst possible outcome of one's actions.

Why must it be one or the other?' she countered. 'You are both a capable seaman and the son of a Bingtown Trader. Why should not I have both sets of skill?

That destiny is not reserved for a few chosen ones. Each man has a destiny. Recognizing it and fulfilling it are the purpose of a man's life.

Many great ideas are not unique. They only become unique when the men who have the wherewithal actually to implement them come together.

Open your eyes. This horrible mess is your life. There is no sense in waiting for it to get better. Stop putting it off and live it.

I am afraid to die, though, ' I whispered to myself. These turned out to be my last words. They were not very impressive words, but it was too late to change them.

Savor the imminent weirdness of the day.

Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew, Reeling, through endless summer days, From inns of molten blue.

Jesus didn't die for us so we could pretend to be something we're not.

Until I came to New Mexico, I never realized how much beauty water adds to a river.

I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials.

I don't see much use in general slogans. Sometimes it is worth resisting evil with lesser evil, very commonly in fact.

If you look at the gospel, it just doesn't break things apart. The gospel brings things together. One of the great demonstration of the gospel's power is reconciliation.