Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith. You said that the purpose of religion was to bring people together. But does it, really? Or does it-knowingly, purposefully, and intentionally--break them apart?

When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you.

Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.

When you’re hurting deeply, you go inward.

Perhaps he d always known that the truth of a person lies in the heart.

You can touch everything and be connected to nothing.

Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down.