If God allows proof that he exists he robs people of faith and without faith what is God? Nothing.

Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.

It's the story of my life. You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead. Now, as you look through this document you'll see that I've underlined all the major decisions I ever made to make the stand out. They're all indexed and cross-referenced. See? All I can suggest is that if you take decisions that are exactly opposite to the sort of decisions that I've taken, then maybe you won't finish up at the end of your life" --she paused, and filled her lungs for a good should--"in a smelly old cave like this!

"Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered."

We live in strange times. We also live in strange places, each in a universe of our own. The people with whom we populate our universe are the shadows of whole other universes intersecting with our own.

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.