“I put people before gods. I respect believers of all kinds and work to promote interfaith dialogue, but my whole life I've seen religion used as a weapon, and I'm putting all weapons down.”
Source: The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice
“When there is abuse by itself it's scary enough. When there is abuse within a religious setting it is so terrifying to people... nobody can bear it when it's linked to religion, but when it's linked to religion that is not mainstream it seems to frighten people more. As if yes, abuse exists, Satanism exists, but you can't have Satanist abuse.”
“Sign of an abusive system: getting angry at other's real needs.”
Source: Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The
“Jesus would publicly call out people in the faith community who are guilty for hurting/violating others. He wouldn't sit back in silence. He wouldn't bury the evidence. Or cover up abuse. In addition, He would never ignore, condemn, or ostracize those who've suffered trauma. He wouldn't say, “Get over it.”
Source: Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark
“When shit happened in heaven,
some angels crashed on to earth.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“The Light Angel Prince has changed his nature, challenged his own creator, but what we took so long to build, he will not destroy," he said. "Upon him we must concentrate our might. For what he has done to my golden children and my land alone, he must end. I alone will teach him what it means to defy an Archangel. When I travel, the planets know when I am near. When I turn, the stars remember.”
Source: Angel War
“இதோடு முடிந்து விடட்டும் இந்த வாழ்க்கை என்று உடைந்து நொறுங்கையில்...
ஒரு குழந்தையின் மெல்லிய சிரிப்போ...
ஒரு நாய்க்குட்டியின் வாலாட்டலோ ...
ஒரு பூனைக்குட்டியின் மெல்லிய உரசலோ...
எவரோ ஒருவரின் சிறு புன்னகையோ ...
பழக்கமில்லாதவர் வைக்கும் நம்பிக்கையோ...
இதமான காற்றோ...
ஒரு சில மழைத்துளிகளோ... மீண்டும் உயிரை விதைத்து செல்கின்றன...
- ராஜேஷ் லேன்”
Source: Cognitive Development in English Language Teaching
“mates, to my sisters and me, are seen mainly as shadows of the people they're involved with. they move. They're visible in direct sunlight. But because they don't have access to our emotional buttons-- because they can't make us twelve again, or five, and screaming-- they don't really count as players.”
Source: Calypso
“He saw something more in those eyes. The emotion wasn't nakedly apparent, but Mr. Cawley was a professional at reading the subtleties of people. The elderly and wildly successful credit card magnate believed that certain human frailties could actually help fuel success. Insecurity drove billionaire entrepreneurs. Emotional instability made for superb art. The need for attention built great political leaders. But anger, in his experience, led only to inertia.”
Source: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
“Once home [in 1838], Albert prepared a small album of scenes he had drawn on the journey, a dried ‘Rose des Alpes, and a scrap of Voltaire’s handwriting he had obtained from an old servant of the philosopher at Verney, and posted the souvenir to Victoria. Years later she attested it was 'one of her greatest treasures.”
Source: Uncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert