Dolce far niente: the pleasure of doing anything

He said, "Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being a literal anatomy and a poetic anatomy. One, you can see; one, you cannot. One is made of bones and teeth and flesh; the other is made of energy and memory and faith. But both are equally true.

Her solitary nature means she needs a family to keep her from loneliness my gregarious nature means I will never have to worry about being alone...

He was powerful and I died of love in his shadow.

من السهل علينا أن ندعو ونحن في الشدة ولكن الاستمرار في الدعاء بعد مرور الأزمة هو أشبه بضمان يساعداعد الروح على التمسك بإنجازاتها الجيدة.

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. My mind swings wildly through time, touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and undisciplined. You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.