Faith and Non-violence

I like the way Mahatma Gandhi expressed the importance of faith in non-violence.

If we espouse non-violence, we indeed need to have a double faith... faith in God and faith in man.

We really need faith to be able to accomplish things. We cannot just rely on ourselves alone or also in God alone. We have to do our part and God will take care of the rest.

Mercy is a double blessing

This is inspired by the lines of Portia in "Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare. The lines are:

"The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
But mercy is above this sceptered sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute of God himself;
And earthly power doth then show like God's
When mercy seasons justice."

                          - William Shakespeare

The photo I used here is that of red mums. I created the dual effect in Photoshop.