"It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the devil. Like is quickly shown to like. The simplicity of the dove denotes purity of action."

-- Syncletica of Alexandria

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“Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's own need to think.”

Source : "Why? New Eichmann Notes Try to Explain" by Roger Cohen, www.nytimes.com. August 13, 1999.
“I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because its not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.”
“Some things youll never know, and some things youll wish you never knew.”
“Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them.”
“Hatchery fish have the same colours, but they always seem muted like bad reproductions of great art.”
“Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.”
“For the first time since 2007, the FDA Has approved a new device to treat obesity. The amazing breakthrough is called a vegetable.”
“Comedy is acting out optimism.”

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