Life was never simple, happiness never where you thought you'd left it, and right and wrong no more fixed than clouds in the sky.
Deception is a tactic: use it. Do whatever it takes to win.
Valor was in Nikodemos, unquestionable, and commitment like trees to stand or night to fall.
I see all sorts of things when I'm clearing my pipes.
If, as you teach, the universe has no beginning and no end, why should we?
It's all the same - no good without evil, no balance...no maat. If we lose one, we lose the other. It's just life, that's all.