"All accusation is of the devil, no matter where it comes from. It is just as dangerous to accuse others as it is to give the accuser room in your own life. The accuser gives no hope. God does not accuse us, but He does give us promptings that bring light and hope."

“There is an ecstatic mechanism in birds that makes them fly upwards in spite of worms.”

Source : Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1960). “Her”, p.24, New Directions Publishing

“I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.”

Source : "Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47" by Michael Pearson, www.cnn.com. May 4, 2012.

“It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do not see warmth or wisdom; I see fear. You're afraid of losing your hold on them,' I say coolly. I? I have no power.' Don't you? If you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.' They will remain protected,' Asha insists. No,' I say. 'Only untested' -page 569”

“The first time I heard The Beatles, I cried. It was 'Let it Be'.”

“Travel the road of love and you will never be lost.”

“The problem then with Jesus is that he cannot be removed from his time and transplanted into our own without simply creating him anew”

“Loyalty to God is alone fundamental. Feelings, words, deeds, must be beads strung on the string of duty.”

“The idea that people do very bad things for sometimes very good reasons, feels reasons.”