Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
I was pushed roughly but dispassionately onto my stomach and something went twice around my wrists and then tightened up as well, feeling like baling wire and biting cruelly.
I barely had time to register them before those rifles were pointed at me.
Optimism and hope are our best friends. Let?s reach out and Laugh together at our confounding traits and still, let?s keep in mind that our sympt oms and traits are very real with consequences, never to be underestimated or discounted.
Our lives teach us who we are.
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.