But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine. Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others - even when there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.
Jim ButcherHere's where I ask why don't you spend your time doing something safer and more boring. Like maybe administering suppositories to rabid gorillas.
Jim ButcherFear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.
Jim ButcherGod isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a good life, but He won't gift wrap them for you. You have to choose the actions that lead you to that life.
Jim ButcherBigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.
Jim Butcher