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It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends.
Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.
It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.
Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas.
The people who must never have power are the humorless. To impossible certainties of rectitude they ally tedium and uniformity
Ronald Reagan said that he sought a "Star Wars" defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.
Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?
In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf.
I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it.
I've stood outside my house in Montana looking at the northern lights... crackling against the night sky. To me, that's magic.
I sometimes think that, since I started writing biographies, I've had more of a life in books than I have had in my real life.
Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony," Lucas pointed out. "Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens.
The National Park Service shot a mule in the face. He survived but had trouble swallowing and often food came out of his nose.
Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.
It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.
Please," she whispered as she opened the book, "please get me out of here just for an hour or so, please take me far, far away
If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.
The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible.
In a new friend we start life anew, for we create a new edition of ourselves and so become,for the time being, a new creature.
The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.
Stress happens when your mind resists what is...The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.
Refine your senses a little more each day; stretch them...your awareness will pierce deeply into your body and into the world.
Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.
You have to believe in yourself before the world has given you any indication that you should believe in yourself as a writer.
Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can't protect our loved ones from pain and heartache.
Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed.
Horrible events in life serve as catalysts for major changes in our life perspective and as teaching tools for helping others.
Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.
She still wasn't convinced. "So, if you were a guy, would you be into me?" "Hon, if I were a guy, I'd be gay." "Yeah, me, too.
Your hand and your mouth agreed many years ago that, as far as chocolate is concerned, there is no need to involve your brain.
You don't build wealth with credit card rewards and airline miles. You can't beat the credit card companies at their own game.
Remember, there's ultimately only one way to financial peace, and that's to walk daily with the Prince of Peace, Christ Jesus.
Remember that small steps can create giant leaps over time, so never think of any financial or spending matter as a small one.
Every usage, no matter how bizarre or nonstandard, fascinates me, as it tells me something about the way language is evolving.
The real lesson Orville (Redenbacher) taught me was the power of a good brand to trump all rhyme or reason in the marketplace.
I still felt fondness for her - fondness, that pleasant, detached mix of admiration and sentiment, appreciation and nostalgia.
The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.
Openness is the first step toward recovery... addiction remains a secret because of the overwhelming shame associated with it.
The first joint priority of the churches of any city should be that of making it hard for people to go to hell from that city.
Choices are much more practical and small when you're dealing with a real story. It's about execution, it's not about content.
the old man dance, where I tense up, shuffle my feet intermittently, complain about the music volume, and sit down for a rest.
If it comes easy, if it doesn’t require extraordinary effort, you’re not pushing hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.
We have a responsibility to stand watch over one another, we are watchers, all of us, watchers, guarding against the darkness.
A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes.
I just became fascinated with how complex and unlikely the universe is and life is and Catholicism gives me an answer to that.
Whatever we refuse to recognize about ourselves has a way of rearing its head and making itself known when we least expect it.
I'd rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option.
I would love to be bilingual. I think having a second or third language at my bidding would open up the world in amazing ways.
Negative emotions are like unwelcome guests. Just because they show up on our doorstep doesn't mean they have a right to stay.
Take advantage of each small success. In this way you close the gap between what you want from life and what it is giving you.