“Wives are good on paper, at least. until they turn into harpies with sharp claws and open check books. Then they're kind of frightening. And they put on all kinds of makeup and parade around the street with their shopping cart yelling "Sale on aisle seven!" at anyone who will listen. Their wooden clog sandals make a helluva racket on linoleum tile. Their plastic jewelry clatters like the bones of little children.” KindChildrenLittlesBookTurnsWifeStreetsPaperSevenBonesChecksAll KindsMakeupShoppingPlasticFrighteningJewelryParadesYellingClawsCartsAisleRacketSandalsTilesHarpiesShopping Carts Author:Rob Campbell
“You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.” FeelsHumansPainSufferingFittingNo PainSuffering Of OthersNot Fitting Author:Saadi
“Let us, on both sides, lay aside all arrogance. Let us not, on either side, claim that we have already discovered the truth. Let us seek it together as something which is known to neither of us. For then only may we seek it, lovingly and tranquilly, if there be no bold presumption that it is already discovered and possessed.” IfsMayTogetherSidesKnownClaimsLaysArrogancePossessedBoth SidesPresumption Author:Saint Augustine
“To claim that science and religion pose different questions to the world is not to suggest that if the bones of Jesus were discovered in Palestine, the pope should get himself down to the dole queue as fast as possible. It is rather to claim that while faith, rather like love, must involve factual knowledge, it is not reducible to it.” IfsWorldShouldDifferentJesusClaimsBonesPopePalestineScience And ReligionLike LoveFactualQueues Author:Terry Eagleton
“I think religion is best when it's reduced to a one hour television program.” ThinkingHoursTelevisionProgramOne Hour Author:Rob Campbell
“Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral.” WaySufferingChoicesDecisionHappeningsEthicsAbsolutesInjusticeStartingCertaintyDo The BestAbsolute CertaintyLife Decision Author:Richard Stallman
“Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the tree, feed it, coddle it so that its fruit will be ample, bright and firm. Practice open-hand strikes against the rough bark of the trunk until it's time to harvest. Choose the champion of your apple crop, pluck it from the tree, and beat yourself about the face and tits with it until your mettle will suffice.” EnoughHandsFacesTurnsPracticeDoorsTreeComputerBeatsFruitStrikesHolesFirmChampionApplesRoughMatureNurtureHarvestCropsBarkTrunksTurn OffPluckTransplantsApple TreesMettle Author:Nick Offerman