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"I never told my own religion, nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives....For it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read."
--Thomas Jefferson
"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come" -- Joseph Campbell
"The most distinctive mark of a cultured mind is the ability to take another’s point of view; to put one’s self in another’s place, and see life and its problems from a point of view different from one’s own. To be willing to test a new idea; to be able to live on the edge of difference in all matters intellectually; to examine without heat the burning question of the day; to have imaginative sympathy, openness and flexibility of mind, steadiness and poise of feeling, cool calmness of judgment, is to have culture." - A. H. R. Fairchild
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
- Gloria Steinem
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth, more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. - Bertrand Russell
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books … We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. – John F. Kennedy
There is no room for self-expression in the priesthood.
- Elder David Bednar
My true religion, my simple faith is love and compassion. There is no need for complicated philosophy, doctrine, or dogma. Our own heart, our own mind, is the temple. The doctrine is compassion. Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are--these are ultimately all we need.
-The Dalai Lama
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.
- Cesar Chavez
It is not the mind of heretics that are deteriorated most, by the ban placed on all inquiry which does not end in the orthodox conclusions. The greatest harm is done to those who are not heretics, and whose whole mental development is cramped, and their reason cowed, by the fear of heresy.
- John Stuart Mill
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
- Melody Beattie
6 comments:
LOL. Thanks for sharing.
Family is family. A great thought. Change does not come easy for Utahan's. Will it ever?
@Zinj:
Joseph Smith's observation holds no less true today with all issues surrounding orientation and what makes a "family:
"[There] has been a great difficulty in getting anything into the heads of this generation. It has been like splitting hemlock knots with a [pancake] for a wedge & a pumpkin for a [mallet]. Even the Saints are slow to understand . . . we frequently see some of them after suffering all they have for the work of God will fly to pieces like glass as soon as anything Comes that is contrary to their traditions. They cannot stand the fire at all."
Isn't it interesting how radical the early church fathers were in embracing alternate ideas contrary to tradition, and how conventional the modern church fathers are today.
Thanks for the video link. Enjoyed them very much.
LOL Now, if only I could get bit by a lycanthrope I'd still be legally married.
(My word verification for this comment: hoomo.)
Oh, and I thought that video was brilliant.
I know it would hit some of my friends differently, particularly those who stayed in the closet for decades. As I've been out for so long, since my teens, and I'm the couple with the family, the old man really brought back for me how I assumed my life would be when I first realized my orientation.
Staying in the closet was once what I thought I would do, and a long lonely life was what I imagined. As a guy who just returned from his kid's Christmas pageant with his husband of many years, I'm glad I got out of that small room as soon as I did.
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