Yemei Iyyun Quotes & Sayings

The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am. — Socrates

That's not cruel. This is. You come here in the middle of the night, expecting me to be awake, and ask - no, demand - me to give you things that belong to me as much as they belong to you. Never mind what it does to me. Never mind that each time I see you, I wonder if I'll ever hold you in my arms again, or be able to touch you without you cringing away like I'm a monster. I think it's fair to ask if there's an 'us,' my dear, because I suspect you're trying to use me just now. Tell me that's not cruel, and I'll let you go. — Nenia Campbell

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. — Mary Harris Jones

You can demand that I accept who you are, You cannot demand that I should like you too. — Srividya Srinivasan

Jesus didn't debase the holy into the secular; He infused the secular with the holy. — Eugene H. Peterson