What else is belief but direction?

We're being subject to incredible amounts of surveillance, the police are taking on draconian powers and violating our rights. I think this attempt to protect ourselves is ultimately going to founder because people don't like living inside prisons.

The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful.

Pakistan hasn't been cast in the role of... interesting cultural place or, you know, land of great comedians.

What used to help us to cope with transience was stuff like, extended families all living in one place, or very strong religious beliefs, or a tribe that would outlive you. That stuff is getting weaker.

When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist.

Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture.