B. May
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B. May
Reinhold Niebuhr defined sin as a human tendency towards self-importance, failure, and moral corruption. He believed that sin occurs when people try to find security outside of the relationship between time and eternity, and when they refuse to acknowledge their limitations as creatures. Niebuhr believed that people sin by pretending to be more tha... See more
Emotionally Spiritual Leadership
"A leader is somebody who has to jump in the middle of the fray and be prudential, we hope, rather than opportunistic," West wrote in his 2014 book Black Prophetic Fire, "But a prophetic person tells the truth, exposes lies, bears witness and then, usually, is pushed to the margins or shot dead." - Cornel West
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter
Hope is a gift you don’t have to surrender, a power you don’t have to throw away. And though hope can be an act of defiance, defiance isn’t enough reason to hope. But there are good reasons.
I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.
Above all, I have been a sentient bei... See more
Above all, I have been a sentient bei... See more
Willfulness
When we’re stubborn and inflexible about getting what we want and need, that’s willfulness. Instead of thinking about what’s possible or realistic, we try to bend reality to our will. And it’s kind of like arm wrestling with the whole universe.
Willingness
When we’re willing, we accept where we’re at right now and what it’s going to take ... See more
When we’re stubborn and inflexible about getting what we want and need, that’s willfulness. Instead of thinking about what’s possible or realistic, we try to bend reality to our will. And it’s kind of like arm wrestling with the whole universe.
Willingness
When we’re willing, we accept where we’re at right now and what it’s going to take ... See more
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
Philosopher and author Albert Camus on the excuses we allow ourselves to live by:
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."
My father, who lived to 94, often said that the 80s had been one of the most enjoyable decades of his life. He felt, as I begin to feel, not a shrinking but an enlargement of mental life and perspective. One has had a long experience of life, not only one’s own life, but others’, too. One has seen triumphs and tragedies, booms and busts, revolution... See more
Elders are a people of the future. My culture respects the elders not only because of their wisdom, but because of their determination. The elders are tough. They have survived many struggles and many losses. Now, as they look ahead to another generation, they are determined that their sacrifices will not have been in vain, that their children’s ch... See more