#Faith

"I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good."

"A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere."

"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."

"Faith is not something that goes against the evidence, it goes beyond it. The evidence is saying to us, 'There is another country. There is something beyond mere reason'."

"FBI vs. CIA When a person works for the FBI for 20 years and retires,he gets a watch.When a person works for the CIA for 20 years and retires,he gets watched.I know this not because I'm in law enforcement or with the NSA ~I know this because I have HBO."

"Government Intrusion [10w] + {Couplet} America's biggest illusion is the beliefthey're free from government intrusion."

"Clairol 2: Hair color so natural only her hairdresser knows for sure... ...but he's gay and already Tweeted it to 300 people."

"If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out."

"Oppressor vs. Oppressed [10w] Love somtimes disintegrates into becoming the oppressor or the oppressed."

"Wretched [10w] Intelligence without compassion is an invitation to a wretched life."

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

"Broken Heart [10W] The broken heart becomes volcanic, forever rumbling anddispersing ash."

"Create your own path.Don't blindly follow the massess... because most of the time the "M"is silent."

"A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art."

"* نجلاء .. نجلااااء ...نجلااااااااء ... .- الساعة الآن التاسعة صباحاً إنهضيوإنفضي عن وسادتكِ رذاذ الأحلام ،كان هذا صوتها أمي لتفيقني من ذاكالحلم الذي كنت أهذي به كل ليلة !تمنيت حينها لو أصيبت ذاكرتي بغيبوبة عنواقع لا يحتويه ،عن واقع لا يعانق وجوده !أفقت وكعادتي أمضي إلى طريق مجهولومسافات غريبة أحمل حقائب أحلاميوأجمع بها لوحاتي وأمل أتسكع بهعلى دهاليز مدينتي الباريسية !"

"Overheard at McDonalds "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.Are you going to finish those fries?"

"...he felt God the same way arthritic monks felt rain coming in their joints. He felt only a hint of him."

"The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns, possibilities, and risks. (65)"

"Endless Childhood [10w] + {Couplet} Put off summer's endAnd adulthood's vexingburdens shall suspend."

"Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up his hands, laughing, and telling me i could believe whatever i wanted if i was going to hold onto my beliefs so hard."