"Only...it is a sad thing that, in the unfortunate times in which we live, the purest life, the most incontestable virtue, cannot exempt a man from infamy and persecution." (Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers ) "If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." (St. Augustine, Sermons ) "Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life." (Galatians 6:8) "When you tell yourself you're not capable of facing reality or dealing with the consequences, you make yourself right--you'll grow less powerful, bold, respectable, and trustworthy over time." (Kathy Caprino) "You can learn to change the world or go on being changed by it." (Lawrence Yep, Dragon's Gate ) "You have never talked to a mere mortal." (C.S. Lewis, "The Weight ...