“Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts. God designed your body's plumbing system. God designed an ostrich. If He didn't do it, He permitted a drunken angel to do it. Empirical facts can add significantly to the meaning of "being godlike".”
― Before I Go: Letters to Our Children about What Really Matters
― Before I Go: Letters to Our Children about What Really Matters
“The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.”
― Summa Contra Gentiles: Volumes 1-4 in Five Books
― Summa Contra Gentiles: Volumes 1-4 in Five Books
“Feelings, like waves, look more substantial than they are.”
― Prayer for Beginners
― Prayer for Beginners
“To each man one soul only is given; to each soul only is given a little power - the power at some moments to outgrow and swallow up the stars.”
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
“There is a certain solid use in fools. It is not so much that they rush in where angels fear to tread, but rather that they let out what devils intend to do.”
― Alarms and Discursions
― Alarms and Discursions
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