TRUE LOVE True love is night jasmine, a diamond in darkness, the heartbeat no cardiologist has ever heard. It is the most common of miracles, fashioned of fleecy clouds - a handful of stars tossed…
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TO LEAD A WOMAN "Follow a shadow, it still flies you: Seem to fly it, it will pursue; So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Ben Johnson
LOVE SEES WHAT IS NOT "Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not." Nietzsche
LOVE UNDERSTANDS NOT "Women are to be loved, not understood." Oscar Wilde
LOVE IS UNREALISTIC "Love is based on a view of women that is impossible to those who have had any experience with them." H.L. Mencken
LOVE AND WAR "Love and war are the same thing." Miguel De Cervantes
LOVE BUILT ON BEAUTY "Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies." John Donne
THE MORE WE LOVE We can risk loving as passionately as God loves. For we know that the love God makes possible is no scarce resource that must be hoarded so that it can be…
LOVE OF SELF AND GOD Four stages of growth in Christian maturity: Love of self for self's sake. Love of God for self's sake. Love of God for God's sake. Love of self for God's…
LOVE IS NOT BLIND "Love is said to be blind but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do." Josh Billings
A RESPONSE TO LOVE Whenever people expend themselves, they want results. If they lay down life, they want someone's life raised up. If they empty themselves, they want someone to be filled. They want their…
BROKEN FAMILIES For all the emphasis on "family values" over the last few years, the breakdown of the American family continues at an alarming rate. Here's a statistical profile of American households. Married couple families:…
OPEN UKRAINIAN GATES Many Ukrainian Easter cards portray gardens with beautiful flowers - with an easily overlooked detail: the gate to the garden is ajar, left open just a bit. The meaning for this is…
UNFINISHED SONGS The children of the great composer, Bach, found that the easiest way to awaken their father was to play a few lines of music and leave off the last note. Bach would get…
NASAL TAMING To avoid trouble, breathe through your nose. It keeps your mouth shut.
Humor/Leadership/Confidence/Money Investments Stocks/Economy: PRESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT It is reported that a few years back the President of the United States was trying to paint a brighter economic picture to the press than his administration had reason…
CAN'T MISS THE MARK I like the story of the traveling salesman who was driving down a rural backroad when he came upon a surprising sight. On the side of a large barn was a…
CUT THE COMMENTS Once, while John Wesley was preaching, he noticed a lady in the audience who was known for her critical attitude. All through the service she sat and stared at his new tie.…
Determination/Sales/Faith/Presumption Time/Details/Appointments: A TEN YEAR SCHEDULE A young woman made an appointment for an interview with a prestigious corporation. She asked if she could get into their well-respected training program. The very busy personnel manager,…
Grace/Providence/Mercy/Love/Transcendence Justice/Creation/Employment: IF GOD SHOULD GO ON STRIKE How good it is that God above has never gone on strike, Because He was not treated fair in things He didn't like. If only once, He'd…
