The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. – Eckhart

Sometimes at night I light a lamp so as not to see. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

There is great security in the prisons we create for ourselves. – Stephen G. Scalese, The Whisper in Your Heart

We all have to escape from this thing called life sometimes. Maybe we use substances to do it. Maybe we use religion. Maybe we use exercise. Maybe we use anger. But we all have to do it. How we do it is what defines us. – Dan Pearce, author of the Single Dad Laughing blog, www.danoah.com