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Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian read more
One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble read more
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
The whole point of Christianity is that everyone in the world, from Charles Manson to Mother Teresa, deserves to go read more
The whole point of Christianity is that everyone in the world, from Charles Manson to Mother Teresa, deserves to go to hell.
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious read more
The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious and cunning prehuman creature that is still within us, sealed in the subconscious cellars of the psyche.
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.
The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.
The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.
