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Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. – Walt Whitman

While it may not be appropriate in every venue, and on every occasion, mockery is the guardian of reason, the enemy of pretension, and the mirror to folly. No belief, no passion, no commitment should be considered immune from the acerbic test of ridicule. – Dr. Idel Dreimer, www.lumpenbangenpiano.com

But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun. – Meher Baba

[R]omantic doesn’t mean sugary. It’s dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can’t attain. – Catherine Breillat

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. – Mark Twain

I have scarcely touched the sky and I am made of it. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Given a little time, regulation regulates nothing. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

There is no possible line of conduct which has at some time and place been condemned, and which has not at some other time and place been enjoined as a duty. – William Lecky

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth. – Norman Cousins

While his eyes saw the sky, his soul saw Heaven. – K. Smith

The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. – Søren Kierkegaard

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize until you have tried to make it precise. – Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism

A gifted small girl has explained that pins are a great means of saving life, “by not swallowing them.” – Charles Edward Montague, Dramatic Values

Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them. – Martin Amis

It is easier to be the hero of the moment than the hero of every drudging hour and every grinding day. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

You taught me all about love, all about faith, and then God turned your lessons inside out, let me see the underside of every good thing you gave me. – Margaret Blair Young, Heresies of Nature, 2002

The highest virtue here may be least in another world. – Khalil Gibran

Sometimes we must unfocus our way to clarity. – Terri Guillemets