Prelude:
This thought omits a base believe that God actually exists; but it’s there. That’s a whole other thought process.
In the period of preparation for loving God, the soul loves in emptiness. It does not know whether anything real answers its love. It may believe that it knows, but to believe is not to know. [...]
When I was playing football I always thought I gave everything I had on every play, especially during my senior year. But now that I’m not playing anymore, I know that I didn’t; I just thought I did. Now that I have finished my playing, I’d give anything to play again and go all out. [...]
“A hero need not speak. When he is done, others will speak for him.”
-Unknown
You’re a young guy with clear skin and perfect teeth and the kind of job you’re proud to write the alumni association about. You’re too young to have fought in any wars and if your parents weren’t divorced, then your father was probably never at home. Maybe you really are thinking about some pain-free free-range [...]
1. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
2. A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
3. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
4. America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization [...]
