"The world that was not mine yesterday now lies spread out at my feet, a splendor. I seem, in the middle of the night, to have returned to the world of apples, the orchards of Heaven. Perhaps I should take my problems to a shrink, or perhaps I should enjoy the apples that I have, streaked with color like the evening sky."

-- John Cheever

#Lying Quotes #Night Quotes #Sky Quotes

“I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power ever since I can remember.”
“Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.”
“After a few years of the addiction controlling my online life, and beginning to affect my life offline as well - meeting men and becoming physically involved with them - whether I believed in God or not, to me was moot. Anything that had as much control over my life as this addiction did could not be healthy.”

Source : "Secrets, Lies, & Porn in the Church: A Q&A with “Permission to Speak Freely” Author Anne Jackson". Interview with Flunking Sainthood, www.beliefnet.com. September 2010.
“To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.”

Source : Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business
“A conductor should guide rather than command.”
“Every time I got hurt, the person who treated me said that. 'It is more attractive to admit that you're in pain.' Because of that person, I learned how to speak with honesty. Without making calculations about what the other person's thinking.”
“Love says: Iâ€™ve seen the ugly parts of you, and Iâ€™m staying.”
“Nothing is stronger than habit.”

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