"When we see only what we want to see in the Bible, it loses all power to transform us."

“A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.”
“Providence has done, and I am persuaded is disposed to do, a great deal for us; but we are not to forget the fable of Jupiter and the countryman.”
“Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.”
“How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such a fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself as anything less than a god? Â And, when you consider that this incalculably subtle organism is inseparable from the still more marvelous patterns of its environment - from the minutest electrical designs to the whole company of the galaxies - how is it conceivable that this incarnation of all eternity can be bored with being?”
“Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a creature that can fly to the moon and invent the Internet and cross the ocean in boats?”
“The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.”
“Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.”
“If a man don't go his own way, he is nothing.”

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