The nice bit about living in urban America is that people tend to either ignore eccentrics or move to the suburbs to escape them.
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on.
...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces...
If you want to feel the sunshine, change position!
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.
The richest man is he who lives simply but has an abundance of love and kindness to give away.
The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.
Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.
To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise.