Heredity and Environment
“Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick
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A God-Shaped Vacuum
“There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God.” – Blaise Pascal
Continue reading →Limiting Ourselves to the Familiar
“We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our mind.” – Roger Ebert
Continue reading →Getting Almost Anywhere
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.” – Langston Hughes
Continue reading →Missing 100 Percent
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” – Wayne Gretzky
Continue reading →Bothered by the Bible
“Most people are bothered by the Bible verses they don’t understand, but the passages that bother me the most are the ones I do understand.” – Mark Twain
Continue reading →The Search for Happiness
“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.” – Eric Hoffer
Continue reading →Look for the Helpers
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” – Mr. Rogers
Continue reading →Be Part of the Solution
“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.” – Tina Fey
Continue reading →Year’s End
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal Borland
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