Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.

I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.

Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.

Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.