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he had a feeling for masses of people, and he could speak with passion….They went to the meetings just to hear something new, anything new. They were desperate about the economic situation, ‘a new Germany’ sounded good to them….Hitler talked always against the government, against the lost war, against the peace treaty, against unemployment. All that, people liked.

Society—civilized society, at least—is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef

Even drudgery can be transformed into love, and that makes all the difference. Love gives and serves happily without expecting to be repaid.

As had happened so often in Murtagh’s life, he’d been forced to choose between a pair of evils, and though he tried to pick the lesser of the two, it was evil all the same.

If ever he did have children… he knew he would do everything within his power to ensure that their first few years were full of love and joy. If nothing else, then, the children would have those first bright memories to sustain them during the darkness. What better gift from a parent.

What was, was, and it was the lot of the living to deal with it as best they could.

Acceptance, achievement, admiration, adventure

The more we celebrate our differences, the more we fulfill the women in our lives. By using our strengths and having the women in our lives use theirs, we become a whole entity.

men are not better than women in any way, shape, or form. We are merely different....We have to use the differences in order to complement the women in our lives. The more we celebrate our differences, the more we fulfill the women in our lives. By using our strengths and having the women in our lives use theirs, we become a whole entity.

Loyalty is a Two-Way Street

We can be, indeed must be, strong, courageous Christian men with our own masculine personalities, who love like men love, who protect and defend and create. The love we are called to is not something that rejects our masculinity; it is something that is integral to it.

So foolish am I. Wish I had read this before discussing the Epicurean riddle. "We have not been made privy to the councils of the Most High...."
"Where were you when I made the snow?" (cf Job 39)

It(enjoying work) means that overall and deep down you take real pleasure from being in the workplace, using your tools, doing your job, and working alone or with others.

Thus the benefit of a multiplicity of callings rather than a single call to a profession. You may be called to be many things at once or one thing after another.

St. Jerome, 4th century Doctor of the Church and the man who first translated the Scriptures from the Hebrew and Greek, said this about confessing one's sins to a priest “If the sick person is too ashamed to show his wound to the doctor, the medicine cannot heal what it doesn't know.”

We give them [crazy people]more time and energy than they deserve. When that happens, it robs the people who are most important to us...

"...We might actually see it [kindness] as a weakness rather than a strength."

A Scout promises to be kind and to be brave.

The author shares 7 keys to unlocking healthy relationships which are:
Humility - See yourself realistically.
Joy - Take yourself lightly.
Perspective - Don't sweat the wrong stuff.
Patience - Don't rush growth.
Kindness - Live through the lens of kindness.
Integrity - Base your choices on integrity, not convenience.
Commitment - Go the distance

Stop yelling at the toaster

Those who plead the case first seem to be in the right;
then the opponent comes and cross-examines them. Proverbs 18:17

God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

What's your ethical IQ?