Why "revere" the unknowable? Why not find out what it is?

A hint of - dare I say? - animism has entered into the scientific worldview. The physical world is no longer either dead or passively obedient to the "laws.

That's what "meaning" is—a special additive like salt or garlic that could make even the most fetid piece of meat seem palpable, even delicious.

If this was mental illness, or even just a particularly clinical case of adolescence, I was bearing up pretty well.

Too bad for any parent who has become accustomed to ruling by force, because at some point the kids just get too big to slap around.

The universe does not reveal itself to undergraduates or fools: This is the entire premise of higher education.

The Ten Commandments, for example, were no more challenging than the Girl Scout oath, and why should anyone be tempted to put one false god ahead of another?

In fact, the idea of a God who is both all-powerful and all good is a logical impossibility.

I understood that no one could have lobbed such a stinging wad of shame out into the world without having a considerable personal reserve of it to draw on.

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.

When we promote the well-being of others God has placed in our lives our service glorifies God.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!

I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.

Alas for those girls who've refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth.

Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.

On Mardi Gras, she got his soul back and freed him. (Wulf) Oh man, that sucks. Now he’s going to have to join Kyrian on the geriatric patrol. (Chris)

Drummers shouldn't just think of themselves as drummers. If you're going to be a musician, you should expand your horizons, compose things, and work with other instruments.