It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility. (p. 81)

...all the fears with which I had grown up, and which were now a part of me and controlled my vision of the world, rose up like a wall between the world and me...

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox.

Who prays at help in the Illusion of his Life does not understand that his only aid is death

nothing that is worth knowing can be taught

Storm? Shine your light and make a rainbow.

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

May you find grace to endure every circumstance.

Some say we’re already damned, ” Nathanial replied coolly, sitting back in his chair. “So you’re too late to send him to Hell.” -- BLOOD KNOT

You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever.

To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.

There is a language for every heart, you just need to master one.

He'd say most kids were made of sugar and spice, but his Kylee was made of pancakes.