Tammy Kaser

“When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had it I was an idler. When I pretended I couldn't write a novel, people said I couldn't write. When I acted like a liar, they called me a liar. When I acted like a rich man, they started the rumor I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumor that I was faking suffering. The world is out of joint.”
― Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun

“... the worst possible heritage to leave with children: high spiritual pretensions and low performance.”
― D.A. Carson, A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers

“Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere”
― George W. Bush

“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson