Brains will always conquer brawn, in the end. The soldiers can flex their muscles all they want, but the well-thought-out tactics of the generals are what win the war (Patrick Hall, Blades in the Dark: The Guardians of Siva)
Doubt makes faith true – Bill Johnston, One Manner of Hunger or Another
Doubt makes faith true – Bill Johnston, One Manner of Hunger or Another
She was a blameless sinless woman, yet she understood who how it was with people who sinned. Inflexibly rigid in her own moral conduct, she condoned weaknesses in others. She revered God and loved Jesus, but she understood why people often turned away from these Two
She was a blameless sinless woman, yet she understood who how it was with people who sinned. Inflexibly rigid in her own moral conduct, she condoned weaknesses in others. She revered God and loved Jesus, but she understood why people often turned away from these Two (Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
You’ve always lived a life of pretense, not a real life– a simulated existence, not a genuine existence. Everything about you, everything you are, has always been pretense, never genuine, never real
You’ve always lived a life of pretense, not a real life– a simulated existence, not a genuine existence. Everything about you, everything you are, has always been pretense, never genuine, never real (Thomas Bernhard, Woodcutters)
My mind didn’t clear. It had been clear before. Instead it muddled, suddenly ablaze with rioting factions of insecurities and dreams, a cacophonous battleground of conflicting moral codes and dogma. I was, therefore, back to normal
My mind didn’t clear. It had been clear before. Instead it muddled, suddenly ablaze with rioting factions of insecurities and dreams, a cacophonous battleground of conflicting moral codes and dogma. I was, therefore, back to normal (David Wong, John Dies at the End)
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit – Kahlil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit – Kahlil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran
What other thing, Eve?””I love you. Sometimes it makes my stomach hurt, but I kind of like it. Tired now, come to bed. Love you
What other thing, Eve?””I love you. Sometimes it makes my stomach hurt, but I kind of like it. Tired now, come to bed. Love you. (J.D. Robb, Immortal in Death)
Even the most artistic of imaginings can sometimes seem callow in the face of truth. That which appears may not be and that which lies hidden may just be the stark, naked face of reality
Even the most artistic of imaginings can sometimes seem callow in the face of truth. That which appears may not be and that which lies hidden may just be the stark, naked face of reality. (Anurag Anand, Where The Rainbow Ends)
Stand firm in faith
Stand firm in faith (Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!)
as you think, so is your reality – Swami Sadashiva Tirtha
as you think, so is your reality – Swami Sadashiva Tirtha