Never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

But I contend that the disgusting behavior of many of their alleged 'holy men' relieves us of any intellectual obligation to take the stuff seriously. No amount of sanctimonious rationalization can make such behavior anything but pathological.

Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.

Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.

Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools.