There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.

If there is a god, I think he has a sense of humour. He does not require human beings to protect him from satire.

Ockham's disposable razors

Manichean dualism is the single worst idea people ever came up with — this notion that you can divide humankind into the children of light and the children of darkness.

If a cavalcade of organized killing has nothing to teach us, I don’t know what does.

Blessed are the mendacious, for they shall grow wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.

Positive self-esteem must be preceded by self-respect. To get self-respect you have to do something good.

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.

Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical mass of understanding of the issues.

Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.

Life's generally artless ... but it does get these occasional hard-ons for plot. It connects things, nefariously, behind your back, and before you know it you're in the final act of a lousy movie.

The real ecumenical crisis today is not between Catholics and Protestants but between traditional and experimental forms of church life.

Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Human perception is literally incarnation.

Gun violence is not something that appears just in a bad neighborhood or in another part of the world. It appears right here, right outside your door.