Its's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

I thank you for your voices: thank you: Your most sweet voices. -Coriolanus. Act ii. Sc. 3.

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

He may effect us directly by His Spirit, with the force of a thunderbolt, or He may choose to woo us gently by stirring up our conscience. But, in addition, God affects us by determining that in the universe certain causes shall bring about certain effects. Cause and effect is, therefore, the operation of God through normal channels rather than through special channels. We have our normal way of acting when we drive a car. We can more or less put it in "automatic pilot" while we carry on a conversation, but when an emergency arises, we take conscious personal control. I have a hunch that God has something for which this automatic pilot will serve as an illustration. That is, His routine way of operating is cause and effect, and He is in control of it, so that when cause and effect affects us, then God is affecting us. That is what the Apostle Paul means in Galatians when he says, "Do not kid yourself -- God is not blind. What you do, you will get paid for." The causes which we have set in operation by our own personal choices will inevitably bring about certain results. But God is involved because God makes cause and effect to work. [Continued tomorrow].

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.

Here are a few of the unpleasant'st words That ever blotted paper! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.

A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows and makes you both polite and wise.

They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And they philanthropically cure them all By getting up a costume charity ball.

The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.

Trust not thy feeling, for whatever it be now, it will quickly be changed.

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.

All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.

And so upon this wise I prayed,-- Great Spirit, give to me A heaven not so large as yours But large enough for me.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

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