The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of Gods identity and love and ways. I hate that, but its the truth. – Anne Lamott
Some people seem to understand this – that life and change take time – but I am not one of those people. – Anne Lamott
If you dont die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young. – Anne Lamott
Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere… You dont have to dress up, for instance, and you cant hear them boo you right away. – Anne Lamott
The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief. – Michael Crichton
Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous. The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. – H. L. Mencken