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sometimes I wonder whether that means I look sad too. Maybe I do. Maybe sometimes I am. Not consciously though, and there’s a difference.
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“There is a reason you glance up when you first hear a melody, or tap your foot to the sound of a drum. All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?”
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“There are many kinds of selfishness in this world, but the most selfish is hoarding time, because none of us know how much we have, and it is an affront to God to assume there will be more.”
― Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
― Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“I was born with the same gift from God we are all born with—the impulse to reach out and lessen the suffering of another human being. It was a gift, and we each had a choice whether to use this gift or not.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
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African American, Biography, Book Club, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics, and Romance
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