"Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it."

“Sweating bullets to line up the Bible with our exhausting expectations, to make the Bible something it’s not meant to be, isn’t a pious act of faith, even if it looks that way on the surface. It’s actually thinly masked fear of losing control and certainty, a mirror of an inner disquiet, a warning signal that deep down we do not really trust God at all.”

Source : Peter Enns (2014). “The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It”, p.11, Harper Collins

“Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.”

“Suddenly so many things she'd overheard her brothers and Quinn saying when Grimm had been in residence made sense, and upon reflection she suspected a part of her had always known. Her love was a legendary warrior who had grown to despise himself, cut off from his roots. But now that he was home and given the time to explore those roots, he might be able to make peace with himself at long last.”

“Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time was spent in his education, and knows nothing about letters at all.”

“There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.”

“Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.”

“I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started playing in groups I did a silly thing and dropped it. It's great if you can write things down.”

“Creativity does not depend on inherited talent or on environment or upbringing; it is the function of the ego of every human being.”

Source : Silvano Arieti (1976). “Creativity: The Magic Synthesis”, Basic Books (AZ)