We ought not to READ the scriptures, but listen to them, for our Beloved is present and speaks to us through them. (vs. it being like a love letter sent to us from afar).

Not all writers are silently suffering inside. But it certainly helps.

I tell you the truth, if you will leave your life based on the whims and caprices of men, you shall be like the corn in popcorn machine

Being brave requires taking deliberate action and doing something new that stretches you beyond your comfort zone.

I like wearing my wedding ring, it's nice.

I am a count, not a saint.

There are two kinds of stories, the ones you live and the ones you make up. And nobody knows the difference, and I don't ever tell which is which.

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.

Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

Now some folks say that we should be glad for what we have. Tell me, would you be happy in Village Ghetto Land?