The truth is, living in any society is difficult. Those who become desperate with a fractured sense of security are much more prone to being taken advantaged of.

All decisions we’ve come to accept as right or wrong are ingrained in us from the society in which we abide. Rights and wrongs are not universally known or transferable.

Let your strength from the pastprovide proof of your abilities to . . .conquer the difficulties of the present.

Don’t forget:Ruts aren’t that much different . . .from graves.

Life is about finding . . .what works best for you.

Don’t allow past experiences to be forgotten.Hold them close.

When the noise is gone, and the air is still . . .prepare for survival.

The ordeals of others . . .prepare us, andlater become the compass . . .in our time of ordeal.

Electricity, shelter, and a safe place to sleep . . .trump the need to preserve your credit score, orpurchase a new gizmo.

Preparation:allows you to prevent . . .the intensity of the ordeal.

The pain and shame felt are unknown to those with planned vacations. They know not of the tsunami that rescinded the homes, goals, and hopes of its victims—swallowed by the sea of greed.

Faith Alive is Faith in PracticeEVERYDAY

I think so, ' said Professor McGonagall dryly, 'we teachers are rather good at magic, you know.

I urge you to travel - as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to.

Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.

"You wanna deliver papers in a big city?" an expert with a bent nose told me, "then you gotta shake the trees to find the gorillas to do it..."

Bodhidharma who brought Zen from India to the Orient, taught a very pure Zen - in that it was pure Zen. He wanted to show that the way still existed and wanted to get back to its essence.

Even if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.

God to me is the universe unfolding.

When I'm shooting things, I'm training.

It is strange, is it not, how a person can adore one's soul so much that they adore one's body also?