"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
— 3 days ago with 33 notes
"
Let me get this straight. You think the Creator of the Universe cares personally about your life, and that you know, with absolute certainty, what he wants for all of humankind.
While I think that we’re basically alone, not very special, and are just fumbling through our random existence trying to do the best we can.
And I’m the arrogant one?
"
— 2 weeks ago with 37 notes
"‘Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.’"
— 3 weeks ago with 1,044 notes
"45% are trapped in the waiting room of a Jiffy Lube, 7% are white people who just enjoy watching Fox News in blackface, 25% said Glenn Beck’s name three times in the mirror and his show appeared, and the remaining 23% is Juan Williams."
— 4 weeks ago with 146 notes
"Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don’t have all the answers to think that they do."
— 1 month ago with 13 notes
"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ‘God is crying’. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ‘Probably because of something you did’."
— 1 month ago with 26 notes
"Knowledge that takes you not beyond yourself is far worse than ignorance"
— 1 month ago
"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."
— 1 month ago
"There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time."
— 1 month ago
"When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them."
— 1 month ago
"It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious."
— 1 month ago