"Things are the way they are because they were the way they were."

“People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.”
“Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.”
“The older I get, the more vegetables I eat. I can't stress that more. Eating healthy really affects my work. You not only need to be physically prepared, but mentally and spiritually.”
“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”
“I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint. ... When the stakes are high enough and the risks obvious, we still turn to people who can be counted on to understand those risks and prepare for worst-case scenarios. A chief of state does not want to hear a general in the field say that he 'hopes' to win tomorrow's battle or that he's 'visualizing victory' ...”
“The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.”
“Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting to remember, but remembering to forget.”

Source : Gary Inrig (2013). “Forgiveness: Discover the Power and Reality of Authentic Christian Forgiveness”, p.129, Discovery House
“Art is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing.”

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