More than thirty years ago I memorized a quote that has shaped the way I live: “My potential is God’s gift to me. What I do with my potential is my gift to Him.” I believe I am accountable to God, others, and myself for every gift, talent,
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“Even to be carried for any length of time is hard work”
― Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
― Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
“Beshrew me if I think anything more requisite than silence for a man who secludes himself in order to study!”
― Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
― Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
“The problem with buildings is that they have a great influence over our self-conception. Very often”
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
“We can be as broken by a failure to find our professional destiny as we are by our inability to identify an intimate companion.”
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
“Fifty is plainly and soberly the age of melancholy. Until then”
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
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