I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I had been told that a 'funny' thing is a thing of goodness. It isn't... The goodness is in the laughing. I grok it is a bravery- and a sharing- against pain and sorrow and defeat.

Budget the luxuries first.

Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.

Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.

At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.

History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.

Belief gets in the way of learning.