The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. ― Vladimir Nabokov

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If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world. ― C.S. Lewis

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For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!

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Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

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The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

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All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring. ― Chuck Palahniuk

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If Jesus was alive today, we would kill him with lethal injection. I call that progress. We would have to kill him for the same reason he was killed the first time. His ideas are just too liberal.

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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. ― Oscar Wilde

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God has no religion. ― Mahatma Gandhi

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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

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