Christians, indeed, have a special obligation not to forget how great and how inextinguishable the human proclivity for violence is, or how many victims it has claimed, for they worship a God who does not...

Yet, when this cherished volume was now placed in my hand—when I turned over its leaves, and sought in its marvellous pictures the charm I had, till now, never failed to find—all was eerie and...

Eher noch können wir es ertragen, daß das Individuum in uns für minderwertig proklamiert wird, als die Gattung; eher noch darf der Charakter verdächtigt werden, als die Geburt; gegen jenes kann man sich retten, man...

For Leopardi, unhappy hedonist that he was, what is unknown is always more attractive than what is known; hope and imagination are the only consolations for the disappointments and sorrows of experience. Man therefore projects...

Ser Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

in a Representative Government greater than in any other.”26

Who am I, really? What do I really like? Do I want to change for someone else? Is my soul mate right now, somewhere, finishing this sentence and completing my thoughts?

My Spanish is limited to burrito and taco,

People in both fields operate with beliefs and biases. To the extent you can eliminate both and replace them with data, you gain a clear advantage.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places,

For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where God’s presence resides? a

Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged...

Losing hurts twice as bad as winning feels good.

That’s the way it is with Appian; things that appear ridiculous on average just might have happened, so they cannot be entirely dismissed.

Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics is about the relation of words to reality—the way that speakers commit themselves...

Go on, take it.

in Vancouver BC and drive south to a town named Medina, north of Bellingham, Washington.

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth. Not going all the way, and not starting.” Siddhrtha Gautama

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

And don’t miss Frank Otto, the world’s most tattooed man! Held hostage in the darkest jungles of Borneo and tried for a crime he didn’t commit, and his punishment? Well, folks, his punishment is written...

international force. Finally, these issues are tackled both at the individual

He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his...

However, you cannot force smokers to stop, and although all smokers secretly want to, until they are ready to do so a pact just creates additional pressure, which increases their desire to smoke. This turns...

Behold! Allah said: “O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee superior to those who...

That family needs casseroles,” and then proceeded to organize the entire neighborhood into bringing that family dinner, in shifts, every single night, for an entire year. I do not know if my sister fully recognizes...

Mawu felt her face where the still-fresh scar had just been opened up again. She examined the blood on her fingers as if it weren’t her own. Sir returned to the table and a servant...

Isaac Rothe, Matthias

If there are weeds in my garden, I have a problem. But it does not lead me to question the existence of lettuce.

Shivering as she gripped the handle, she looked around the cabin one last time. The uneasiness was still there. Why wouldn’t it leave her be?

A percentage! What splendid words they have; they are so scientific, so consolatory…. Once you’ve said ‘percentage’ there’s nothing more to worry about. If we had any other word… maybe we might feel more uneasy….

Think about it this way: If you had to launch your business in two weeks, what would you cut out?

Surely God loves to get out of church buildings and go visit people where they hunger for reality.

One day Augustus asked Newt to ride along with him, much to Newt’s surprise. In the morning they saw a grizzly, but the bear was far upwind and didn’t scent them. It was a beautiful...

It’s far too rarely stated that the technology industry is not in the business of making people productive. It is only in the business of selling more technology.

The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of...

with magic” because I wanted to escape from a reality that, by implication, I lacked the gumption to face.

Mama says it’s just her nature. Some people are flowers, and some are thorns.

going to have an industrial society you must have places that will look terrible. Other places you set aside—to say, ‘This is the way it was.’

They were delicious.

Jake, anyway, and somehow that seemed far, far worse. The couldn’t

Happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, joy, love… All these things work the same way. The more you search for them, the less likely you are to find them.

Climate change. Urbanization. Biotechnology. Those three narratives, still taking shape, are developing a long arc likely to dominate this century.

Within the theological structure of the cults there is considerable truth, all of which, it might be added, is drawn from biblical sources, but so diluted with human error as to be more deadly than...

try.” If there’s no clear right answer, perhaps the thing you ought to do is something new. Something new is often the right path when the world is complicated.

A graduate of Oxford University with a degree in

and her answer to it because she’s driving the conversation. In

Big cats, too. They’re faster, tougher, and brighter than anything that existed seventy million years ago. Everything is always ramping up, always escalating.

Instinct caused a woman who had once been so attractive to still attempt makeup and hairdos, Marisa guessed, but more often than not, the effort came off with Mama looking like a clown. Seeing it...

that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything.