The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.
Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.
Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.
Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base.
Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.
As he flushed, an unexpected realization hit him. This is the Pope’s toilet, he thought. I just took a leak in the Pope’s toilet. He had to chuckle. The Holy Throne.
That is the definition of faith – acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that’s fear.
When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct.
The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know.
Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.
Force a hand, and it will fight you. But convince and mind to think as you want it to think, an you have an ally.
The laws of physics are the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece.
The media is the right arm of anarchy.
Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.
Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.
God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change.
Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.
I’ve got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments.
The power of human thought grows exponentially with the number of minds that share that thought.