Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

I am proud of the fact there is not a human being that I have got it in for. I never met a man I didn't like.

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

When we forgive someone, it doesn't justify what they've done. It releases them into God's hands so He can deal with them.

Depersonalized Personalized Sin Breaking a rule Betraying a relationship Repentance Admitting guilt Sorrowing over personal betrayal Forgiveness Canceling a penalty Renewing fellowship Faith Believing a set of propositions Committing oneself to a person Christian life Obeying rules Pleasing the Lord.

We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.

Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.

Perhaps, if I hadn't been, once before—I mean, if I'd always been a prudent deliberate Ralston, it would have been kinder to Tina in the end." Dr. Lanskell sank his gouty bulk into the chair behind his desk, and beamed at her through ironic spectacles. "I hate in-the-end kindnesses: they're about as nourishing as the third day of cold mutton.

If you know you have been forgiven, you will forgive and reconcile with others.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.