"God all Love, because he loves Himself. Just as a mighty river, emptying itself in the sea, is ever replenished by the sea, so must you empty yourselves in Love that you may be ever filled with Love. Love is the Law of God. You live that you may learn to love. You love that you may learn to live. " - Mikhail Naimy "The Book of Midrad" (chapter 11)
“I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.” - Senator John McCain
Rumi was looking for a figurative God. The real God is hiding in a Port-a Potty. And since no one ever thinks to look there, no one has yet found the real God.
Was this before or after D'Souza's Felony Conviction for an illegal campaign contribution? (5 years. the "orange-one" pardoned him.) Same charge as trump faces in the SDNY once he's out of office. I heard these two guys debate live one time at JCJC (Jones County Junior College). Hitchens won, hands down.
Captures our vision of mid 20th Century, small town , rural America perfectly. A Masterpiece! Three cheers for Mayor Shin and Three Grecian Urns.
"I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am." - Sophocles ( from Oedipus Rex)