You have to lose your mind to come to your senses.

There is a thin line between the states of being morally happy and being happily immoral.

The line gets somewhat thicker between the states of being happily moral and morally unhappy. 🙂

Nothing is as important in the lesser scheme of things as that which seems important in the greater scheme of things. —R-U.S.

Scientific-minded folks test the faith of the religious-minded almost the same as religious-minded folk test the faith of the scientific-minded. Conclusion: As long as faith can be eternally tested, it’s all good.

Why is informed debate becoming more difficult with each passing day? With apologies to Chas Freeman, it would be nice to be able to tell you the answer to this question. (I think G*d may once have confided it to me, but I was reading emails and didn’t quite catch what She said.)

… anything is possible!

I would rather have high friends in low places than vice versa. –R-U.S.

… and that’s the truth.

… was one of the BEST ever. 😉

I think the longer one can engage in inconsequential or unproductive activity the better off one will be in the long run. —R-U.S.

You will be sorely missed.

Happy Birthday, Matthias Christian Scherer!

Chapter 13 Verse 11:

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.

I would rather think that I might be wrong than to think I know I’m right, I think. 🙂
–R-U.S.

When facts cloud your judgment, confusion reigns.
–R-U.S.

Shouldn’t it be “For better or worse, richer or poorer, in health and in sickness?” Why did they switch that whole first is better thing, i.e., “For better or worse, richer or poorer and in sickness and in health.”

I guess whoever wrote those vows wanted to end it on a good note. 🙂

Also I think there is a thin line between give and get and give and take. In fact, there may just be 4 types of people in the world. Those who give, those who get, those who take and those who get taken. 🙂

Sometimes “getting it” can mean you don’t really get it and “not getting it” can mean there’s nothing to get. 🙂
–R-U.S.