"Far superior to the pleasures and rewards of the illusion that is Earthly life are the pleasure and rewards of the Reality."

“If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.”

“If you want to understand what's happening to the situation in a town in Afghanistan, go down to the market. Is it vibrant? Is it safe? That will tell you an enormous amount about the security situation.”

“It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.”

“I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.”

Source : "'Cellmates' star Tom Sizemore on acting sober, fatherhood, and second chances". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.yahoo.com. June 1, 2012.

“A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. It dies through the awareness of its return. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.86, Atlantic Books Ltd

“The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There enough women are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.”

Source : "The Joy of Womanhood" by Margaret D. Nadauld, www.lds.org. November 2000.

“Psychedelics are not a substitute for faith. They are a door to authentic faith, born of encountering directly the sacred dimension of everyday experience. This is not the only gate to that discovery, but it is the most ancient and universal, and potentially the most accessible to the majority of the human race.”

“Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”