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Ignorance is...voluntary... (Paraphrased) -- Nicholas Ling
Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. (Paraphrased) -- Robert Green Ingersoll
never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased -- Thomas Jefferson
Paraphrased: The way of al-Junayd includes among other things abstaining constantly from resisting God Most High in whatever happens to one, whether good or bad. . . . -- Ibn Ata Allah
Paraphrased: Among the degrees of the universal Manifestation, each sentient creature typically experiences an illusory sense of autonomy. At the same time, with or without the creature's awareness, the creature subsists eternally as an "immutable prototype" in the divine Knowledge. -- Abdelkader El Djezairi
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature). -- Laozi
Forgiveness is given to us from God not because we deserve it. Forgiveness is given to us by the grace of God.(Paraphrased message from the Bible.) -- Dortha Jackson
A metaphor cannot be paraphrased -- Percival Everett
God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try. -- Mother Teresa
What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. -- Mother Teresa
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things. -- Mother Teresa
I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world. -- Mother Teresa
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. -- Mother Teresa
Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead. -- Mother Teresa
Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. -- Mother Teresa
Man himself has become our greatest hazard and our only hope. So that today, St. John the apostle may well be paraphrased: In the end is the Word, and the Word is Man - and the Word is with Men. -- John Steinbeck
In the vivid description of the Gospel, it would seem that we must help the Christ hidden in every poor man, in every prisioner, in every sufferer. But if we paraphrased the marvelous scene and applied it to the child, we should find that Christ goes to help all men in the form of the child. -- Maria Montessori
Paraphrased: When Chuang Tzu was about to die, his disciples began planning a splendid funeral. However some disciples expressed concern that given a particular arrangement, birds and kites would eat his remains. Chuang Tzu replied, "Well, above ground I shall be eaten by crows and kites, below it by ants and worms. What do you have against birds? -- Zhuangzi
The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased) -- Patrick Rothfuss

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