It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake. Richard Paul Evans More Quotes by Richard Paul Evans More Quotes From Richard Paul Evans Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life. Richard Paul Evans heartache denial humans What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance. Richard Paul Evans swimming ocean ignorance I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not. Richard Paul Evans grateful memories thinking I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality. I don't see this as a good thing. The Chinese culture has survived for more than five thousand years in part because the Chinese have embraced the same language and culture. I hope I am wrong about this, and that the flame is still on beneath the great American melting pot. Americans need each other, and a house divided, no matter the color of its occupants, is still divided. And divided we all fall. Richard Paul Evans flames color fall There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands of books in a library we haven’t time to read in an afternoon. But this is no excuse to cease browsing. For every now and then, we find that one book that reaches us deep inside and introduces us to ourselves. And, in someone else’s story, we come to understand our own. Richard Paul Evans book people thinking Feelings can be like wild animals-we underrate how fierce they are until we've opened their cage Richard Paul Evans cages feelings animal We plan our lives in long, unbroken stretches that intersect our dreams the way highways connect the city dots on a road map. But in the end we learn that life is lived in the side roads, alleys, and detours. Richard Paul Evans cities dream long Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity. Richard Paul Evans greatest-gifts adversity Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered. Richard Paul Evans committing-suicide suicide If the errors of my life have profited me one great truth it is this: believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow pulled from his own bow. It is the single universal trait which the great of this earth have all shared, while the shadows are fraught with ghosts who roam the winds with mournful wails of regret on their lips. Believe as if your life depended upon it, for indeed it does. Richard Paul Evans regret stars believe We are chained to that which we do not forgive Richard Paul Evans chained forgiving Love is never convenient-and rarely painless Richard Paul Evans painless convenient love-is There are two kinds of people. Those who climb mountains and those who sit in the shadow of the mountains and critique the climbers. Richard Paul Evans shadow two people It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen. Richard Paul Evans adversity stars believe ...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint. Richard Paul Evans gratitude focus mistake Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli Richard Paul Evans apology chocolate Those with the softest hearts build the hardest shells. Richard Paul Evans shells hardest heart Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells. Richard Paul Evans insperational cracks inspirational We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing. Richard Paul Evans descending climbing People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment. Richard Paul Evans punishment population people
