I am not going to negotiate who I am with you. I am not going to negotiate who I am with you. - Brené Brown
Tao Te Ching - Verse 38 When the Tao is lost, there is goodness. When goodness is lost, there is morality. When morality is lost, there is ritual. Ritual is the husk of true faith, the beginning of chaos.
Reflections: Wanting to Believe "If you've ever wanted to believe something, ask yourself where that desire comes from. Hint: it's not the desire simply to believe what's true." * Crony Beliefs
Emerson's Self-Reliance: Reason "If you are noble, I will love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own. I do this not selfishly, but
The Reality of Heaven - The Brothers Karamazov ""That life is heaven," he said to me suddenly, "that I have long been thinking about"; and all at once he added, "I think of nothing else indeed." He looked at me and smiled. "I am more convinced of it than you