James Beary

“In the words of William George Jordan, “Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil—the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“don’t have hopes,” Mad explained, studying the address. “I have faith.” He looked at her in surprise. “Well, that’s a funny word to hear coming from you.” “How come?” “Because,” he said, “well, you know. Religion is based on faith.” “But you realize,” she said carefully, as if not to embarrass him further, “that faith isn’t based on religion. Right?”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“It simply makes no difference how good the rhetoric is or even how good the intentions are; if there is little or no trust, there is no foundation for permanent success. Only basic goodness gives life to technique.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“Chinese: 不知道什么时候开始，我变成一个很小心的 人，每次我穿雨衣的时候，我都会戴太阳眼镜，你永远 都不知道什么时候会下雨，什么时候出太阳。 Pinyin (the standardised pronunciation of the Chinese in Roman alphabet characters): Bu zhidao shenme shihou kaishi, wo biancheng yige hen xiaoxin de ren, meici wo chuan yuyi, wo dou hui dai taiyang yanjing, ni yongyuan dou buhui zhidao shenme shihou hui xiayu, shenme shihou chu taiyang.”
― Massoud Hayoun, Building 46