The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on good solid lies about sex

Of course, we are to pray for spiritual awakening, and in various ways we can do something toward it. But we must remember that neither Paul nor Apollos gives the increase.

and the whole forest would give itself up to jollification for weeks on end.

Most people don't need to be taught, they need only to be reminded

The sight of the huge world put mad ideas into me, as if I could wander away, wander forever, see strange and beautiful things, one after the other...

We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.