#brotherhood

Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#doing-good #god #life #life

... I feel as though I am shelved. That I have been given the words to the story of my life, but that I have remained largely unread... ↗

— J.R. Ward

#life

When life gives you lemons, go murder a clown. ↗

— Festus Krex Skyrim

#elder-scrolls #festus-krex #skyrim #life

Brothers in Art: a friendship so complete ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#brotherhood #friendship #art

That's you," Wrath said. You shall be called the Black Dagger warrior Dhestroyer, descended of Wrath son of Wrath." "But you'll always be Butch to us," Rhage cut in. "As well as hard-ass. Smart-ass. Royal pain in the ass. You know, whatever the situation calls for. I think as long as there's an ASS in there, it'll be accurate." "How about bASStard?" Z suggested. "Nice. I feel that. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#fantasy #nicknames #paranormal #paranormal-romance #sobriquet

None of you believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself. ↗

— Anonymous

#brotherhood #islam #islam

We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence of love, of brotherhood,the violence that wills to beat weapons into sickles for work. ↗

— Oscar A. Romero

#christian-living #cross #love #preach #violence