I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
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I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
You came to my life with what you were bringing, made of light and bread and shadow I expected you, and Like this I need you, Like this I love you, and to those who want to hear tomorrow that which I will not tell them, let them read it here, and let them back off today because it is early for these arguments.
Today the earth is populated with billions of people desperately hoping to “get somewhere,” but having no idea of where they’re going.
The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work.
What I cannot forgive is dishonesty - and no matter what, or how hard, I would rather know the truth of which I today had such a clear & devastating vision from his mouth than hear foul evasions, blurrings and rattiness.
Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible.
The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.
Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.
Anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur like someone else is actually looking in the wrong direction. You don't look out for inspiration, you look in. You have to ask yourself how can I be better today, at solving the problem I am trying to solve for my company. I wouldn't encourage anyone to be like me. Just be like you.
Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power.
If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little.
We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences
The gospel is like a caged lion,' said the great baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon. 'It does not need to be defended, it simply needs to be let out of it's cage' Today, the cage is our accommodation to the secular/sacred split that reduces Christianity to a matter of personal belief. To unlock the cage, we need to become utterly convinced that, as Francis Schaeffer said, Christianity is not merely religious truth, it is total truth- truth about the whole of reality.
If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today
The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive.
Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.
The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It's only natural, and you will have to find the right balance. Having said that, let me add that this particular old woman hasn't been collecting only years; she has also collected stories, and none sadder or more terrible than the one she's about to tell you. You have been at the heart of this story without knowing it until today.
It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine after a day of toiling over computer databases in a smoke-free, noise-free newsroom.
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday
Always remember the proverb: "This too shall pass." Your negative feelings won't last forever, there's a light at the end of every tunnel. It might not happen today or tomorrow, but you'll feel better eventually.
I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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