The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.

Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.

Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And if you're not good, the good people will throw you to the wolves. So you might as well just be bad

Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in [the biblical Book of Revelation]? A holocaust of mankind. Yet so many of these Bible-men accept the idea without a second thought.

But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.

It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension.

In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.