Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.
The profound paradox is that the great man became more confident in his approach to others, including the man of his own Cabinet, but he recognized that his major confidence was not himself but in Another.
Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership
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The profound paradox is that the great man became more confident in his approach to others, including the man of his own Cabinet, but he recognized that his major confidence was not himself but in Another.
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