Isn't it odd that some groups view being legally equal to other groups as 'oppression'?

Respect by fear isn't respect... it's fear.

Those who deny any group of people human rights are really denying the humanity of that group - and their own.

What would Jesus do? One thing is obvious, if there is one thing Jesus would NOT do - is to behave like his followers.

I believe most people are good, even deep down, even if you have to dig a little - although some people can tempt one to pick up a shovel and actually put that to the test.

It is interesting indeed that some people think they are right to force others into believing what they believe.

Isn't unconditional love supposed to work both ways? How can we expect unconditional love for ourselves if we are not willing to grant others the same mercy?

Apathy.The reason you may wake up one day being not only a 2nd class citizen, but a criminal because of who you are - and then wonder why 'somebody' didn't do something when there was still time?

Documentary evidence says where there is smoke there is fire, be it holy smoke or otherwise.

If I want religion, I know where to look for it - and if for example I don't want it, then why should it be forced on me in media and public spaces?

Just saying "I love you" can mean the difference between nothing and everything. Some people say it while they stab the person they say it to - some say it to the one holding the knife.

Where there are no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts and no one to thank.

Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them.

don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside. Has it ever struck you that there's a thin man inside every fat man, just as they say there's a statue inside every block of stone?

An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?

Mother is a synonym for abandonment and death. Comparing this synonym to water, it is like poured-out water. I call it mother, the identity that I cannot identify.

I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.

[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.

She was poison in a pretty bottle.

We must not just patch and tinker with life. We must keep renewing it. Embrace novelty and uniqueness.