Whatever thought that activates a negative mood in your life, absolutely doesn't deserve a single moment in your mind.

One is often unconsciously surrounded by one’s own personal reality

We can fear things into existence. Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst that can happen.

Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. They have the resources to cast doubt and fear over any group they feel threatened by.

The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm trying to hit, however I don't feel I have much control over it.

One has renounced the great life when one renounces war.

Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion.

Saying "Ameen" is permissible after reciting the Surah of al-Hamd in the Salat (but it's still not part of the Salat) especially with the intention of supplication.

People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer.

I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress...so that, even on the bad evenings, I may never be bad enough to despair.

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.