

“There is going to come a time when we have to accept who we are without the assistance of religion. That will be the dawn of true faith. We leave the big decisions to invisible consultants and pray we get the answers we are looking for. The late great George Carlin once said he gave up praying to God and started praying to Joe Pesci because his prayers to Joe Pesci were answered with as much accuracy and frequency as those to God. [...] If we as people are still looking for answers, we should turn our eyes away from the heavens and look to each other. I know we do not play well together - hell, some of us do not even like being in the same room with each other - but the divine lies in all of us. We are miracles. We are "god." If we shared a little more, we would not be left feeling less. We hold the keys to our own destinies. It is time we started looking for the locks.”
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good

“The best friends you will ever have are the ones who don't make you feel like you owe them a damn thing.”
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good

“I have come to accept myself for what I am: human. I am not perfect. I am not immune to fate, but I am not automatically doomed for being alive. I feel temptations every second of every day and I am not controlled by them. I do what I want anyway, so who is to say I want anything else? When I want, I let these peculiarities run across me like dogs to their masters. When I do not, I keep them at bay with my will and my testimony. I do not cut myself off from what makes me feel; I just refuse to feel anything that cuts me off from what matters most. It is called will power. With a little practice, you can accomplish great things.”
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good

“Mistakes? Well, hell, we all make mistakes. And what’s more, we are expected to learn from them. It is part of our journey. It is how we move from innocence to resounding wisdom. It is how we keep from retaining a fucking baby’s psyche well into our nineties. It is how everyone keeps from shitting themselves in public and on each other. It is our ever-learning, ever-adapting GPS for this thing called life.”
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good
― Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good
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