[H]appy is he who has fasted in sincerity and truth! Happy he whose humbled heart has expanded in love! – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), “The Fasting God Regards Not,” Evangelical Me
While there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. – Eugene V. Debs, Cleveland, 1917
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you dont grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. – Alan Watts