The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
Life is a maths equation. In order to gain the most, you have to know how to convert negatives into positives.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Blessed with a priceless life, why should I not fit it with compassion for all beings?
In order to become a success, a business doesn’t just have to do well, it has to do better than its competitors. Being number one isn’t just about bragging rights. Often it means the difference between prospering and merely hanging on.
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
