Mary E.

“Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible except to God alone.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“In meditation the work is to take the attention off yourself.”
― Laurence Freeman OSB, Sensing God: Learning to Meditate During Lent

“well-meaning efforts at communication never made things better.”
― Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

“The attitude of the black camp’s commander, Lieutenant Commander Daniel Armstrong, was typical of the times. He had his men decorate the base with murals of black naval heroes throughout history, from Dorie Miller all the way back to black sailors who served with Revolutionary captain John Paul Jones. The murals were Armstrong’s way of honoring black sailors. But this same officer wouldn’t allow black recruits at Great Lakes to compete with whites for spots in special schools that trained sailors to be electricians, radiomen, and mechanics. He didn’t think they were smart enough, so he didn’t even let them try.”
― Steve Sheinkin, The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights