"To forgive does not mean to forget."

“Good means ultimately he's producing character in me to conform me into the image of Christ.”

Source : Source: culteducation.com

“It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gary Busey from Mar 05, 2013

“I await joyous surprises while working, an awakening of the materials that I work with and that my spirit develops.”

“Patience is the First Lesson.”

“There's something fundamental you have to understand about yourself before you can change your life for good.”

Source : Ali VIncent (2010). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.3, Rodale

“I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so clichéd, a default, all-purpose flower that said I love you, I'm sorry, and get well soon. Give me peonies and tulips, orchids or gardenia. Those were flowers with character.”

“It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.14, Lulu Press, Inc

“I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past the edge of your eye: startling, luminous, lovely... gone.”