Even if it is indifferent to human desires, as it seems to be; if human life is a passing episode, hardly noticeable in the vastness of cosmic processes; if there is no superhuman purpose, and no hope of ultimate salvation, it is better to know and acknowledge this truth than to endeavor, in futile self-assertion, to order the universe to be what we find comfortable.

I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible.

We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If He is, nothing contrary to His will can occur; therefore when the sinner disobeys His commands, He must have intended this to happen.

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone

The man who only loves beautiful things is dreaming, whereas the man who knows absolute beauty is wide awake.

Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.