Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 1 Cor 6:19

“We do not place a special value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.” Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethicsd

“Never try to lock the virtue’s door with the key of vice It may lock forever; never to be opened again”

“Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.” Sharon Salzberg

“The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.” Dorothy Day

“...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.” David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“Some third person decides your fate: this is the whole essence of bureaucracy.” Kollontai Alexandra, La Oposición Obrera

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” Thomas Jefferson

“It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves.” Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“The cry of the poor is is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is.” Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” Ingrid Bergman

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” E.F. Schumacher

“I'd be glad of a retaliation that wouldn't recoil on myself; but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends: they wound those who resort to them, worse than their enemies.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering

“Only remember this: to seek justice is a good and noble thing, to seek revenge out of hatred is something that wiil devour your very soul.” James Mace, Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: Book One of the

“Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.” Kurt Vonnegut

“...to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find our greatness.” Pierre Trudeau

“Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger.” Coco J. Ginger