One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.

Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.

It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.

....to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one society would be folly for another. Who is qualified to judge? Only the universe, which passes the judgment of survival on all peoples.

The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others.