what matter it if a man gaineth the whole world and loseth his own soul? - Theodore Dreiser

A man, a real man, must never be an agent, a tool, or a gambler—acting for himself or for others—he must employ such. A real man—a financier—was never a tool. He used tools. He created. He led.

Remember, love is all a woman has to give, but it is the only thing which God permits us to carry beyond the grave.

If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstance.