David Given Schwarm

In every friendship, hearts grow and entwine themselves together so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating but one being torn asunder.

There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze…Such a philosophy undercuts all human…

There are angels near you to guide and protect you if you would but invoke them. It is not later than we think, it is a bigger world than we think.

Skepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior.