Michael Sliney

“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

― Frank Herbert, Dune

“You don’t love because, you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.” William Faulkner

“Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.”

G.K. Chesterton

“Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.” General Macarthur

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo & withstand the shocks of adversity…”

FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BUSHROD WASHINGTON | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1783