The world has become more worldly. There is more of dissipation, and less of enjoyment. Pleasure has expanded into a broader, but a shallower stream, and has forsaken many of those deep and quiet channels where it flowed sweetly through the
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“Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than can be told.”
― Jayber Crow
― Jayber Crow
“If the devil doesn't exist... how do you explain that some people are a lot worse than they're smart enough to be?”
― Jayber Crow
― Jayber Crow
“And your Allah is One Allah: There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.”
― Holy Quaran Arabic-English
― Holy Quaran Arabic-English
“Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else. And like everyone else, your joy, your heart and your soul are in danger.”
― Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem
― Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem
“It is certain, I think, that the best government is the one that governs the least. But there is a much-neglected corollary: the best citizen is the one who least needs governing.”
― The Long-Legged House
― The Long-Legged House
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