I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesnt promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances. – Patricia Heaton
We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to peoples happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in peoples lives has been severed. – Park Geun-hye
If we ask a vague question, such as, What is poetry? we expect a vague answer, such as, Poetry is the music of words, or Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder. – A. R. Ammons
Weve become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a formality and maybe a kind of respect at that time that doesnt exist now. – Radha Mitchell
Theres much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the worlds probably a better place for it. – Doug Coupland
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose. – William Bartram
