Paul Weiss

“I'm not young enough to know everything.”
― J.M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
― Soren Kierkegaard

“She had Pagan eyes, full of nocturnal mysteries . . . Assuming that the souls of men and women were visible essences, you could fancy the colour of Eustacia's soul to be flame-like.”
― Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

“If we ever make contact with another intelligent species out there, they’re going to scratch their heads at how utterly ridiculous we are with all the meaningless distinctions we make. Straight/Gay. Black/White. Male/Female. Rich/Poor. And what’s more, we use these to ignore the things that are really important—compassion, kindness, consideration.”
― Peter Cawdron, Losing Mars