The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.

As soon as you look at the world through an ideology, you are finished. No reality fits ideology.

Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.

Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.

Behold God beholding you...and smiling.

You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you understand it, it changes.