Greg Young

“Literalism is for the weak; fundamentalism is for the insecure. Both are sins, too, against God, for to come to believe that we are in exclusive possession of the truth about things beyond time and space, and thus hold the power to shape lives and decisions about things within time and space, is to put ourselves in the place of God. But we are taught that no man has searched the mind of the Lord, or been his counselor.”
― Jon Meacham, The Hope of Glory: Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross

“As a result, not only are most Americans (increasingly) ignorant of the contents of the Bible, but they are also almost completely in the dark about what scholars have been saying about the Bible for the past two centuries.”
― Bart D. Ehrman, Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible

“Vella Shpringa—the world’s only Amish running club.”
― Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman: How a Rescue Donkey Inspired a Rag-tag Gang of Runners to Enter the Craziest Race in America

“There he accepted the advice of his old tutor, A.D. Lindsay, now Master, that he should have all his teeth taken out, as this was the cure for blindness. He developed blood poisoning and died at the age of 43. Academic philosophers should not give medical advice.”
― Walter Reid, Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East