This Week…

“All that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you.”
—Leviticus 9:10

“Ye shall not round the corners of your heads.”
–Leviticus 19:27

“Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.”
–Leviticus 19:19

“A toad does not run in the day for nothing, there must be a green snake in the grass.”
–Nigerian Proverb

“No matter how long a log stays in the water, it doesn’t become a crocodile.”
–Bambara Proverb

“You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.”
–Bateke Proverb

“Patience can cook a stone.”
–Fula Proverb

“A man who makes trouble for others is almost making trouble for himself.”
–Chinua Achebe

“If you think desire ends with union, look at the wave; see how restless it is even in the bosom of the ocean.” 
–Ghalib

“Do not seek for the truth, only stop having an opinion.”
–SENG-TS’AN