"Any time we have projects that we haven't begun or completed, they drain energy."
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"Why worry about minor little details like clean air, clean water, safe ports and the safety net when Jesus is going to give the world an "Extreme Makeover: Planet Edition" right after he finishes putting Satan in his place once and for all?"
"Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over."
"To live exuberantly, we must be prepared to illuminate the dark spots in ourselves."
"The crisis in America that we barely notice anymore is that we've become two nations - divided by poverty, opportunity, and race. It's like a neighbor's car alarm that we don't hear anymore because it rings so often."
"Today we often use deadlines—real and imaginary—to imprison ourselves."
"It is the Fourth Instinct (the spirit - RJ) that urges us to exceed ourselves ... by awakening our intuitive selves, and striving to be all that we were intended to be. It takes us beyond self-centeredness and enables us to resist the combined forces of indifference and meaninglessness. It awakens us to a sense of responsibility for those most in need of our society as well as for that world that future generations will inherit."
"In The 3rd Alternative, Stephen Covey urges us to chart a course beyond the suboptimal solutions to all our crises - beyond left and right, and beyond the many false choices in front of us. The 3rdAlternative is a wise and welcome echo of Einstein's warning that the problems we're facing today cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."
"Be a go-giver, not a go-getter"
"When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude."
"About five years ago, I fainted from exhaustion. I hit my head on my desk. I broke my cheekbone and got four stitches on my right eye. It started me on this journey of rediscovering sleep and balance and integrating my life. I think everyone should stop and reassess their lives before you hit your head on your desk."
"I don't like the idea of [having] a thick skin. I think we [should] be more childlike."
"In theory we are all equal before the law. In practice, there are overwhelming privileges that come with winning the birth lottery."
"So great becomes the fear of losing what we have that many of us rush back to hide under the temporary shelter of convention rather than follow the path of self-discovery wherever it might lead. Given adequate time and sufficient fear, we may hide so long that we hardly notice we're slowly suffocating."
"There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear."
"Discover the great ideas that lie inside you by discovering the power of sleep."
"There may be no single thing that can teach us more about life than death."
"Eulogies never talk about what was on your resume. Be remembered for how you made people feel and your passions"
"It's not just the over $8 billion that we would be saving in law enforcement; it's also the over $8 billion that we would be making by taxing marijuana... We are filling our jails with nonviolent drug offenders - predominantly young, predominantly African American... It's a great beyond left and right issue. It has support across the political spectrum and also the support of the majority of the American people."
"Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband."