Shakespear - a diseased spirit.

Macbeth’s ambitions are now stronger than his conscience. The witches have tempted and controlled him with the idea of becoming king. Lady Macbeth manipulates him to overcome his natural hesitation to commit murder. Due to his manipulation, Macbeth chooses the crown over his honor and material gain in this world over salvation in the next world. Once he has killed to get the crown, the other crimes seem inevitable. In order to keep what he has taken, Macbeth learns to lie and kill as a matter of course. His values become totally confused. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" to him now; he has lost track of the difference. By the end of the play, manipulation by others has completely consumed Macbeth. Once Macbeth kills Duncan, he is committed to a course of lying and killing. His sense of right and wrong is eaten away. Even before Macbeth is killed, he is dying of a diseased spirit. Scotland is also infected, and Macbeth is its disease. Macbeth is a prime example of the corruption of power, and how absolute power corrupts absolutely. Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is a study of manipulation, control, and power.

The right to be wrong.

"We have the right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right."

Ravi Zacharias

Formula for Happiness

“If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day—go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month—get married.
If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime—help others.”

Chinese Proverb (quoted by Todd Harris in the shadow of Mt. Everest)

Ravi on the cross.

"Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer."

Ravi Zacharias

Einstein

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Albert Einstein

Learning Humility

Question: How can I learn to be humble?

Answer: Get humiliated!

Question: And if that doesn't work?

Answer: Get humiliated again.

Self-debasement

No one can better make one look like a fool than one's self.