"Stop!" Narcissus got to his feet. "This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be..." He struggled for the right words. It had probably been a long time since he'd talked about..."
- Rick Riordan
"Vanity is man's love affair with himself."
- Anthony T. Hincks
"Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to develop any friendship...whether with a loved one or with God Himself."
- James C. Dobson
"A true ruler does not rule others, he rules himself."
- Andrija Jonić
"The one who blesses the winner, after having lost himself, will attain liberation (moksha); he will become “complete”."
- Dada Bhagwan
"When we fight with the truth and stand in it to the end, then God Himself comes and confirms His Word, His righteousness and His truth"
- Sunday Adelaja
"It is easy for anybody to call himself or herself a “Christian” but the truth is we respond from very different world-views"
"A Christian is the person who studies the life of Christ and carries His image in himself in order to be like Him"
"Despite their depressing circumstances, the Hernandez family had a certain dignity and strength about them. They were Christians, and they taught their children that God loved them and had a plan for ..."