Come on people! Somebody disagree with me! How can we learn anything if no one will disagree?" Rabbi Stern

Death makes life precious. Without it nothing would mean anything. Imagine a society without death

What if our loneliness is the result not simply of needing a partner but of needing people? We are made in the image of a relational God

There's no need to tell me who you are

The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich literature that's filed everywhere else except under travel.

Everyone is introduced to the Peter Pan story when they're very young. This story is part of everyone's life.

There can be no Creator, simply because his grief at the fate of his creation would be inconceivable and unendurable.

I'm going to be real as hell and show you who I am, because I want the kids to see who I really am and the basketball players to see who I really am, and that's all that matters to me.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

My worst day is still a really good day. I complain, but I catch myself and count my blessings. I am truly blessed.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity.