Quotable Quotes

I'm having a bad case of "mind-farts" today, so I'll let the experts speak for themselves:

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. - Carl Sandburg, US biographer & poet (1878 - 1967)

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. -H.L. Mencken, US editor (1880 - 1956)

Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works.
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990

Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.
-Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 06-21-05

In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia. - William Sloane Coffin

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront. - Goethe, Maxims and Reflections

Peace & Blessings