Why has a religious turn of mind always a tendency to narrow and harden the heart?

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things

Silence is a beautiful story.

I am, perhaps, too intellectual, too modern, for my own comfort! How lovely it would be to sink into the warm comfort of established religion.

Psychedelic substances, if they are used in proper ways, are very helpful for mankind.

We prefer to find an explanation for why things are not perfect, and these rarely stand up to close scrutiny.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

It is nearly impossible to be here now when you think there is somewhere else to be.

I don't hate you for loving you. I just hate my heart for choosing someone like you.

Don't make everyone know about your sadness.

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.