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At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.
Even a really bad creator would at least have started with Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Surprise.
You were safe on a troll. Anyone wanting to mug a troll would have to use a building on a stick.
Whole new theories of money were growing here like mushrooms: in the dark and based on bullshit.
The Battle of Koom Valley is the only one known to history where both sides ambushed each other.
Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.
Intelligence becomes an asset when some useful order is created out of free-floating brainpower.
Scientists have suddenly become aware of the magic quality of the Earth and the entire universe.
Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer.
It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.
Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while families last not three oaks.
It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.
God’s love is there for you whether or not you feel you deserve love. It is simply always there.
Each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.
Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you.
Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
It wasn't fair, but fairness was something you had to go get; it wasn't delivered like the mail.
Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.
The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
Discipleship is not an option. Jesus says that if anyone would come after me, he must follow me.
If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.
Your feelings come from where you find your hope. Where is your happiness and your significance?
Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.
Female, I give you fair warning: you are playing with fire" - Tegan to Elise (Midnight Awakening
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
Never be afraid to make a fool of yourself. The furthest out you can go is the best place to be.
Redheads are said to be children of the moon, thwarted by the sun and addicted to sex and sugar.
People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. (Bernard Mickey Wrangle, p 99)
I journey to the east, where I have been told, there are men who have taught death some manners.
A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
The quality of your life is directly related to how much uncertainty you can comfortably handle.
It's not just getting a goal that matters, but the quality of life you experience along the way.
The one common denominator of all successful people is their hunger to push through their fears.
The first belief we must have if we're going to create change quickly is that we can change now.
Connection and love: We all want it. Most people settle for connection because love's too scary.
I don't mean to sound corny, but it's one word: results. If you get results, you can get anyone.
There are millions of business ideas out there but only a tiny percentage of businesses succeed.
I used to think I'd like to have been a pioneer on the Oregon Trail, experience untamed America.
Snobbery might sometimes look cool, like smoking, but the end result is usually a repelling one.
With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.
The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded".
Hollywood, it's just like high school. Whoever is pretty and popular, everyone wants to be with.
Social media for the majority of companies is not about helping customers or improving products.
My great-aunt. . . . said nobody under 18 had any business reading Dickens. . . . She was right.
Is it the gods who set this fire in our hearts, or do we each make our fierce desire into a god?