To write is to reveal oneself.When I write something, fiction or non-fiction, I do not expect you to accept what I write, nor to agree with what I propose.I expect you to spend at least...

When I label something as fiction, people say it’s true, and when I label something as non-fiction, people say it is made up. If something is not 100% true, then I label it as fiction....

A decision is only as strong as the belief standing behind it

Spending $100 million on a fancy gym is completely unremarkable in contemporary American higher education. Yet $10 million for a really good online biology course that could serve millions of students is seen as an...

Bukan banyaknya harta dan ilmu yang membuat seseorang bisa memberi, tapi kemauan untuk berbagi

Nonfiction that smells like fiction is neither.

Why is it deemed justifiable and appropriate for cops/policeofficers to kill other cops (friendly–fire) and citizens?Why do cops kill?Are they not taught to maim or slow down someone runningor reaching for a weapon?If not, why...

A 21st century poet is a woman who can speak her mind and stand upright like a mountain with her convictions, but can adapt like water in an ever changing season without losing her genuine...

This principle is taught in Scripture: “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). In other words, we learn to be loving because we are loved. Grace must come from the outside for...

Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have told Steve Jobs that people hate touchscreens.

Borrow money only for an education that will yield enough of a return in the job market to allow you to pay your loans back.

Seja bem-vindo a esta leitura, partilhe das suas emoções, viva as suas palavras, mas sobretudo seja feliz onde estiver, pois, Ele estará no seu coração.

Heaven is freakin’ not ready for me!” – seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman

Freedom found me the day I realized I was not bound to witchcraft. The FATHER was waiting, He was scanning the horizon for the day I would realize I could come home. And He ran...

Jumping to conclusions is efficient if the conclusions are likely to be correct and the costs of an occasional mistake acceptable. Jumping to conclusions is risky when the situation is unfamiliar, the stakes are high...

In order to survive, I came up with a five-step secret to getting it all done. If you’re busy too, feel free to use it:1. Admit that you can’t possibly get it all done.

The message for all students should be: Put down the bong and get to work, because the number of curious, eager-to-learn peers around the world with the means and ambition to get a great college...

I drift like a cloud,Across these venerable eastern lands,A journey of unfathomable distances,An endless scroll of experiences…Lady Zhejiang here we must part,For the next province awaits my embrace.Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East,Where do...

As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship.” – John Hanlon, the sailor

To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book.

Hope is putting Faith “on the line” and expecting results!(from Mission Possible – Spiritual Covering)

Everything changes except human behavior and its consequences.

As writers we intend to make a difference, to alter people’s lives for the greater good. . .this is why we write, to have an impact on society, to put a personal stamp on history....

If you don’t feel you have any choice in a situation, self-esteem and confidence plummet. But once you understand that you do have a choice, self-esteem will improve. You aren’t a helpless victim anymore. You...

That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they’d never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind’s first fine art, our original act of inspired creation. Way before...

I’m going to be a model of fearlessness. And when people spew fear, I’m going to stand with an invisible shield around me and let their comments zing off my shield, and I will say...

If you are never open to change things will remain the same, thereby driving you insane.

The Positive Paradigm is: . . . a new, inclusive reality map, one people worldwide can easily comprehend and agree upon. It is equally compatible with scriptures and science, bridging the gap between them. It...

It is my joy to share with present and future generations these stories so full of humor, warmth, and adventure – and so rich in the rural culture of the early 1900’s.

It’s not only how much money you make. It’s what you do with it that determines your financial condition.

Imagine going to work every day to do only and exactly what you love!! All the work gets done because of the abundant diversity of your team. Different skills, interests and talents are woven together...

A vow is a heavenly created obligation in motion that only ends when fully completed.

When push comes to shove we can afford to lose an arm or a leg, but I am operating on peoples thoughts and feelings… and if something goes wrong I can destroy that persons character…...

Reading non-fiction without writing notes is like chewing without swallowing. You will get the taste of it but digest nothing

Long dismissed as children’s stories or ‘myths’ by Westerners, Australian Aboriginal stories have only recently begun to be taken seriously for what they are: the longest continuous record of historic events and spirituality in the...

I’d encourage [you] to think big and be delusional when setting goals. Yes, delusional. The biggest mistake that I made with my first business was I didn’t think big enough. I limited my success by...

95% of economics is common sense

If you spend any amount of time doing media analysis, it’s clear that the most frenzied moral panic surrounding young women’s sexuality comes from the mainstream media, which loves to report about how promiscuous girls...

The Holy Spirit doesn’t need to equip you for what you’re not going to do, so if you’re in rebellion against Jesus and refusing His right to be Lord, He doesn’t need to send the...

Start to focus on things that unite the races of people instead of things that divide us, and you will have already won the battle, and are a building block to the solution.

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.”Aristotle

Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

Smile!

River smiled sweetly at his tormentors and told them, “If you want to kick my ass, go ahead. Just explain to me why you’re doing it.”After a confused pause, one of the skinheads said, “Ah,...

If you put forth a small amount of effort, you just might find your next best friend for life is of a different race than your own.

Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is wrenched out by the aching, broken world I wake up to...

I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule.” Clarence Birdseye

When you make a film, if you are an insider, you’re usually the last person to know that your film is not right. But when you are an outsider, you have a little more objectivity.I...

Everything bleeds into everything and fiction is just this funny desperate little attempt to staunch the bleeding.