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WE all make mistakes… The Wise, admit and apologize… The Unwise, deny and justify.

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The temptations of comfort are extremely more difficult than the temptations of pain.

Extortionists are never satisfied.. if you give them what they asked for, they will certainly come back asking for more. Even if you give them your shirt, they will ask for part of your flesh.

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Judas kiss.. how does it feel !!                                                                                                Ahithophel and the Iscariot.. they still live with us                                                                They just change their masks.. 

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 Judas Iscariot, and Caiaphas certainly had very convincing logical argument for their betrayal and they didn’t realize the flaws in their reasoning until it was too late. Indeed, logic can be so deceptive, especially when it is mitigated under a mask of self interest, sometimes with catastrophic outcomes. 

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You cannot lose something you never had..

you cannot save somebody who does not want to be saved.

When you are the best, every dog wants a piece of you. So if you find yourself surrounded, shrug it off.. don’t let their barking dishearten you, for they can only bite if you let them.

For some people, life is give and take… for others, it is give and wait… yet most people think take.. only take. 

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Ever since humans ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, their insatiable appetite was never satisfied, and indeed they had come to think they had become gods.

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Loving others does not give you the right to take away their free will.

As a Christian servant, it is extremely foolish and condescending to use yourself as a measure of the goodness of others.

Faith does NOT mean that God shall give you everything you ask for, instead, Faith means trusting that God will give you what is best for you even when you foolishly ask for something harmful…

Many people think they are serving God.. are you serving God, serving yourself, or serving people?

A real rose, does not know how beautiful it looks or how sweet it smells. ..

I heard someone pray, God You allowed Diocletian have his way until you brought Constantine, So please help this Constantine and reconvene Nicaea..

Funerals are made to the benefit of the living, not the dead !!

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. Socrates

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. St. Thomas Aquinas

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? Mark12:24

unsolicited advice usually goes cheap, unheeded or even resented. GPM

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God already knows everything … there is no need for explanations.. and no excuses are accepted.

Every Human being better understand, that every passing day brings us ever so closer to the end of our journey on this earth..!!        g.p.m.

It is very easy to make someone feel love, if you sincerely love them,  without much need for words.

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Hate is the energy that fuels evil..!!!

leafless does not mean lifeless

In a town ruled by fools, an intellectual is branded an idiot.

A wise man will be able to discern the point at which the futility of an argument is established and hold his peace. Only a fool will continue to argue with a fool.

Why do you go to a Birthday party? Why do you attend a graduation ceremony? Why do you visit a sick person? And why do you go to a cemetery ? are you always walking in the minefield of social taboos? Are you always mindful of the Dos and Don’ts of society? ….. everyone will jump to give you a unified convenient “because of love”… well if so, why do you visit the friend who visited you or whom you expect to reciprocate your favor? And never think about the likes of Eleanor Rigby … why do find time to follow the herd in a Mardi Gras festival and shrug off the pleading calls for help from a no name beggar ? Eh, Love you say!!!!                               (from the Book “Echoes in a Mystical Mind”)

Trying to embellish the truth does not make it stronger, it make it harder to believe. That is why the only clever one to do that is the devil.. and his minions. !!!

During the meeting he asked the big boss, “if we do the end to end test and all the steps were concluded as planned, but 76% of the products were defective, should we consider the test successful?” the boss answered, “Yes…!” do you agree ?

If an adulterer or an adulteress is caught and brought in, for stoning… are you going to be the first to cast a stone……. Be careful, because your words can stone somebody to death…

Love is not Eloquent words of poetry and prose… it is a way of life … unconditional sacrifice without expecting anything in return.. that is why we can say ..God is love.

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I used to fight with my children to convince them how essential a good education is in order for them to live a good life… now that my children are doctors and engineers, I am no longer sure of the validity of my own argument.

Is it possible that the unclean jaw of a dead animal can be used for anything useful … just ask Samson…

Imagination is the nucleus of creativity, however too much of it can also be the seed of hallucination, leading down the path to delusion and separation from reality

Responsibility and accountability go hand in hand with privilege and honor… you cannot have one without the others.

For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be. Origen

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. Saint Thomas Aquinas

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
Socrates

I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch

When they give you a place at the table, you shouldn’t start by criticizing the food.

History is written on the fly and cannot be re-wound, erased or rewritten. It is usually embellished by proponents of different perspectives, yet, slowly and surely it is discovered and rediscovered … until the truth is finally revealed in its glorious and unembellished nakedness. 

Philosophizing the faith is a clever way to block the road to heaven. Simplifying philosophy on the other hand clears the path off a lot of thorny hurdles.

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When they give you a place at the table, you shouldn’t start by criticizing the food.       GPM

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking. Khalil Gibran

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
Bill Gates

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Aristotle

I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. Voltaire

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
Tacitus

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St Thomas

Better to Illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate …                                      St. Thomas Aquinas

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