Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks.Life itself had become a secret affair.

I prefer to believe the opposite - that there is always an indestructible beauty at the heart of darkness.

Why did people assume that the beautiful among them needed nothing but their beauty to bring them happiness? That behind the beauty there was nothing but an empty shell, insensitive shell?

Suddenly, and for the first time, he was at the center of his own life, living it and loving it.

The ugliness at the heart of beauty. Is there always ugliness, do you suppose? Even when the object is very, very beautiful?

He had always felt that he lived on the edges of life, Constantine realized, watching everyone else living, sometimes helping them do it.

The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.

Chose the person who respects you rather than the one who loves you. Cuz Love depends on the other person. Respect depend on how you act.

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?

You are here on purpose and for a purpose." ~ Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

This morning I woke up, how blessed I am Eyes to see, a voice to speak Words to read and love to feel? If this isn't something to be thankful for, I'm not sure what is.

The more we idealized the past, however, and refuse to acknowledge or childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generation.

All patriarchal societies are either preparing for war, at war, or recovering from war.

All the donkeys I knew had small ears!

Dad, I can count the number of normal school days I've had this year on one hand.