I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

It's the age-old battle between mind and heart, which seldom want the same thing.

The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.

We are the masters of our own universe.

At this gathering [Council of Niceau in 324 AD] many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon ― the date of Easter, the role of the bishops, the administration of sacraments, and, of course, the divinity of Jesus... until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet... a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal.

Sometimes, divine revelation simply means adjusting your brain to hear what your heart already knows." Angels and Demons p. 484

Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.