truth

We hunger for connection but take pride in being distant.

As a young girl I was told the truth. I knew about death. I was afraid to lose but not afraid to die.

I believe there are only three businesses: my business, other people's business, and God's business.

Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a physical and social world and develop a personal code of survival. In essence, we all become self-styled sages, creating our own book of wisdom based upon our studied observations and practical knowledge gleaned from living and learning. What we quickly discover is that no textbook exist how to conduct our life, because the world has yet to produce a perfect person _ an ideal observer _ whom is capable of handing down a concrete exemplar of epistemic virtues. We each draw upon the guiding knowledge, theories, and advice available for us in order to explore the paradoxes, ironies, inconsistencies, and the absurdities encountered while living in a supernatural world. We mold our personal collection of information into a practical practicum how to live and die. Each day we define and redefine who we are, determine how we will react today, and chart our quest into an uncertain future.

Nobility is a lie. A pretence that high standing comes from anything more than money or martial prowess. Any dolt can play the noble, and as you'll discover in time, daughter, it's mostly dolts who do.

If loss makes you doubt your belief in justice, then you never truly believed in justice at all.

I believe I will not not die a minute too early or a minute too late, but exactly when I am supposed to.

We ought to, as human beings, have the courage to seek a collective __ruth_ that benefits our species the most, and to accept that all of our doctrines and beliefs may just be incomplete. That we don__ know it all and that perhaps we never will. That others like us may have something to teach us, and we may have something to contribute to their communities. That communities, types of people, are divisions we__e created for ourselves. That for all of what we know, the knowledge and wisdom that we have gathered in the few millennia may be a small fraction of what is there to be discovered, understood and applied.

The world you are in __s the true hell.The journey to Truth itselfIs what quickens the heart to become lighter.The lighter the heart, the purer it is.The purer the heart, the closer to light it becomes.And the heavier the heart,The more chained to this hellIt will remain.

The one who never repents shall be the one who never sleeps.

Never give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give them a piece of your heart.

Battles like that . . ._ My voice lowered. __hey look like they come down to one person or one action in one big, flashy moment, but they don__. Major victories come in inches. Each action, each sacrifice, every small act of defiance adds up..

Always be kind. Every one needs it. Practice forgiveness.

Unconditional love and forgiveness are the sources of eternal happiness.

When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.

Happiness is a state of awareness, which comes from tranquility, service, love, grace, and forgiveness.

The common thread from all those stories was that talking helped, and listening, and time. One day I would find my own place. I couldn't run there, though, because it didn't exist yet; I had to build it myself, out of forgiveness, truth, and terrifying gestures of friendship.

...just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's not the truth...