“Believing can mean something a good deal less than certainty. I believe the bus will come in five minutes, but I cant be sure. Or sometimes it can mean the kind of knowledge which is acquired after...”

“Our believing has no power of itself; we certainly arent saved by belief. Were saved by the grace and goodness and majesty of him in whom we believeby the one whom we confess as we believe. In a re...”

“Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lustLike diamonds, we are cut with our own dust”

“Why do we tell lies? We lie because the truth is too painful or too shameful for us to face, or because the truth is simply inconvenient and has to be suppressed before its allowed to disturb us. W...”

“When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.”

“Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”