LIFE & MATERIAL POSSESSIONS Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions. -- Eddie Rickenbacker
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READING & THINKING Reading without thinking is as nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think. By Louis L'Amour, The Walking Drum
NARROW BIBLE The repertory of stories narrows and thins. Michael Duduit complains: "I can't preach on Lot because he's homophobic; I can't preach on Moses because he was a legalist; I can't preach on Samson…
TRUTH IS TOUGH Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch. Nay, you may kick it about all day, and it will be round and full at evening. By Oliver…
GOOD FRIENDS & BAD TIMES A friend is someone who is there when the good times aren't.
EXPANSIVE LOVE The widest thing in the universe is not space; it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in…
SERIOUS BUSINESS A sign in a jewelry store window sold lots of diamonds. It read as follows: A box of candy means friendship; A bunch of flowers means love; But a diamond means business!
INTIMATE ENERGY Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding…
THE WARMTH OF LOVE To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. From How to Live With Another Person, by David Viscott, M.D.
NEW FRIENDS & OLD STORIES The nicest things about new friends is that they haven't heard your old stories yet. -- W. Cunningham
A FRIEND KNOWS A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway.
A FRIEND STEPS IN A friend is one who steps in when the world steps out.
A FRIEND GETS IN THE WAY A friend is one who never gets in the way, except when we are on the way down.
CHAMPAGNE & SHAM FRIENDS Here is a toast to real friends: Here's champagne to real friends and real pain to sham friends.
SIX-HOUR FRIENDS Robert Ingram tells about the time that he and his wife first had the opportunity to go skiing. They were only going to have two and a half days on the slopes and…
GOVERNMENT & LOVE The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life -- the children; those who are in the twilight of life -- the aged; and…
DIVIDED LOVE MULTIPLIES Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish. -- Ann Morrow Lindbergh
WHO GETS MISSED? "My wife ran off with my best friend," the man admitted. "And I sure do miss him."
FRIENDSHIP'S SILENCE Friendship needs no words. -- It is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness. Dag Hammarskjold
NAMES CARVED ON HEARTS A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you. So carve your name on hearts and not on marble. By C.H.…
