When you are born as a man, you live as a man. When you born as a woman however, you have two choices; to live like a slave, or as a woman. I love the fact that I was born as a woman because I got to make my choices. Who did you chose to be? – Shahla Khan
The greater evil who is in-When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the painOr he who pays for the sin? – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
God loves you unconditionally, even with all your imperfections. But you must do your best to continuously break some of your ungodly habits ()
He didn’t want the respect of people who weren’t worth wiping his nose on—people who weren’t worth the spatout gum attached to the bottom of his worn-out shoes. The only respect he wanted was from himself and the people who really mattered in his life. The people who really loved and cared about him (Sherrilyn Kenyon, Infinity)
If a philosophical writer cannot be followed, the difficulty of his subject can be placed only in mitigation of his offense, not in condonation of it. There are too many expert witnesses on the other side (William Zinsser)
Ask yourselfWill i burn in Hell?Then write it downand cast it in the wellThere they areThe mob it cries for bloodTo twist the taleInto fore woodFan the flamesWith a little lieThen turn your cheekUntil the fire diesThe skin it peelsLike the truth, awayWhat it wasI will never say.. (Joshua Homme)
There’s a security, a validity of knowing that it’s legal. It’s hard to put into words. It’s just a feeling, I guess – something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you (Matt Bomer)
Had I crossed the passSupported by a stick,I would have spared myselfThe fall from the horse (Bashō Matsuo, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches)
If not from eternal separation from God, what exactly are we saving people from? – Braden Pedersen, 30-Second Theology: By Braden Pedersen
Harmony doesn’t come merely through tolerance. You don’t need to tolerate people from other cultural backgrounds. It is time you start loving them. Toleration may make you a decent person, but it is love that makes you a true human being. (Abhijit Naskar, Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost)