To pray, I think, does not mean to think about God in contrast to thinking about other things, or to spend time with God instead of spending time with other people. Rather, it means to think and live in the presence of God. As soon as we begin to divide our thoughts about God and thoughts about people and events, we remove God from our daily life and put him into a pious little niche where we can think pious thoughts and experience pious feelings. ... Although it is important and even indispensable for the spiritual life to set apart time for God and God alone, prayer can only become unceasing prayer when all our thoughts -- beautiful or ugly, high or low, proud or shameful, sorrowful or joyful -- can be thought in the presence of God. ... Thus, converting our unceasing thinking into unceasing prayer moves us from a self-centred monologue to a God-centred dialogue.

A is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him.

George Orwell

Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less.

Maggie Stiefvater

I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips.

Rebecca Black

The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.

Stephen King

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

William Blake

But, when we started our product portfolio, we focused the mixed signal requirements first for image processing devices and then in audio applications , targeting our technology into the growing use of digital technology in consumer markets.

David Milne

Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.

Augusta Jane Evans

Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.

Nancy Banks Smith

Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

The artist has one function--to affirm and glorify life.

W. Edward Brown

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Charles de Gaulle

If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.

Blaise Pascal