On Pain
Our souls do not grow if we insulate ourselves from pain. — Madeleine L’Engle, in Penguins and Golden Calves
Effective Discipline
Discipline doesn’t work unless it’s founded on the kind of security that comes from knowing you’re loved. — Madeleine L’Engle, A Live Coal in the Sea
Death of a Nation
If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere ease of life, then we shall indeed reach a condition worse than that of the ancient civilisations in the years of their decay. — Theodore Roosevelt
On Criticism
When someone of poor character criticises you, it merely signifies that you are a good person. — Arabic Proverb ———————- I hope I have remembered this one correctly. Someone (a native Arabic speaker) wrote to Dr. Laura and quoted it, offering a loose translation. I liked it very much. But I have not been able […]
Moments of Growth
In every department of life, [a sense of disappointment or anticlimax] marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing. — C.S. Lewis, in The Screwtape Letters
On the Worship of God
This faith [Christianity] is not like a deed to a house in which one may live with full rights of possession. It is more like a kit of tools with which a man may build him a house. The tools will be worth just what he does with them. When he lays them down, they […]
You Cannot Keep a Secret
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. — Saint Jerome
The Interplay of Character and Reputation
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. — Abraham Lincoln
On Integrity
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. — Oprah Winfrey