I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves. – E. O. Wilson
Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction. – J.G. Ballard, “News from the Sun,” Myths of the Near Future, 1982
Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it. – King Hussein I