an act of forgiveness sets the victim apart from the perpetrator, who failed to act humanly towards the victim at the time he committed his crime.

Perpetrators who receive the gift of forgiveness are given a chance to change

Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it.

Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed.

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.

I have no answers, but every day I wish I could have the same point of view for any 24-hour period. I wish I was in some system where I don't constantly question myself.

I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork.

Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose.

We are taught to treat a practice sword with all the respect of a real weapon, so no thoughtless mistakes are made" "Oh... In Eddis, we learn to keep tack of the weapon we have in our hand.

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.