Ranee Stasko

“For all the Gods are one God,” she said to me then, as she had said many times before, and as I have said to my own novices many times, and as every priestess who comes after me will say again, “and all the Goddesses are one Goddess, and there is only one Initiator. And to every man his own truth, and the God within.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon

“Alas! how far the promise of anticipation exceeds the pleasure of possession!”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

“The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

“Messersmith wrote. “We must keep in mind, I believe, that when Hitler says anything he for the moment convinces himself that it is true. He is basically sincere; but he is at the same time a fanatic.” Messersmith urged skepticism regarding Hitler’s protestations. “I think for the moment he genuinely desires peace but it is a peace of his own kind and with an armed force constantly becoming more effective in reserve, in order to impose their will when it may become essential.”
― Erik Larson, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin