People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.
People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
