It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.
Stephen L. Carter, Back Channel.
“Being on the inside could be an addiction”
“He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst.”
“They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon.”
“In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words.”
“In a crisis, time was always the enemy.”
“Better to wait actively than passively.”
“As some people turned to religion for comfort, so, Highsmith wrote in her notebook in September 1970, she took refuge in her belief that she was making progress as a writer. But she realised that b...”
“Its important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your min...”
“Reason, Observation and Experience the Holy Trinity of Science have taught us that happiness is the only good; that the time to be happy is now, and the way to be happy is to make others so. This...”
“We are working well when we use ourselves as the fellow creatures of the plants, animals, materials, and other people we are working with. Such work is unifying, healing. It brings us home from pri...”
“My life's work is to help people step into their God-given abilities and make a positive difference in their community.”
“In a world of knowledge and expertise, fame and fortune, status and ranks....nothing has the power to affect change as much as love and compassion.”
“Values aren't buses... They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are.”
“Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know.”
“We hang on to our values, even if they seem at times tarnished and worn; even if, as a nation and in our own lives, we have betrayed them more often that we care to remember. What else is there to ...”