“A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.”
Quotes
Finally Friday
“Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.”
Slow Down and Look Around
“Earth’s crammed with heaven…
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.”
An epiphany this morning… and more to follow, soon.
Trisha
Take Time
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Simply Kindness
Truth
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain
Progress At Much Cost
“When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out to be in terms of daily life. We gave up the aroma of warm bread rising, the measured pace of nurturing routines, the creative task of molding our families’ tastes and zest for life; we received in exchange the minivan and the Lunchable.”
Insight Into Introversion
“He was always seeking for a meaning in life, and here it seemed to him that a meaning was offered; but it was obscure and vague . . . He saw what looked like the truth as by flashes of lightening on a dark, stormy night you might see a mountain range. He seemed to see that a man need not leave his life to chance, but that his will was powerful; he seemed to see that self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion; he seemed to see that the inward life might be as manifold, as varied, as rich with experience, as the life of one who conquered realms and explored unknown lands.”
About Love…
“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision.”
Values
“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”