Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.
A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't?