"To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in it, he [Douglas Adams] mimed a wonderfully funny imitation of a puddle of water, fitting itself snugly into a depression in the ground, the depression uncannily being exactly the same shape as the puddle."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Water Quotes #Religion Quotes #Shapes Quotes

“Against those skilled in attack, an enemy does not know where to defend; against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.”
“You cannot grow more hours in the day. However, you can make better use of those hours.”
“Earn the right to be proud and confident.”
“I could get into bed with James Bond, then take my false leg off and it would really be a gun.”
“It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or she does with it.”

Source : Lesslie Newbigin (1995). “Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship”, p.87, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“English Bohemianism is a curiously unluscious fruit. ... Inside this hothouse, huge lascivious orchids slide sensuously up the sweating windows, passion-flowers cross-pollinate in wild heliotrope abandon, lotuses writhe with poppies in the sweet warm beds, kumquats ripen, open and plop flatly to the floor-and outside, in a neat, trimly-hoed kitchen-garden, English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.”
“The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.”
“The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth.”

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