No matter how ugly you are

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate

Eric Holder, our attorney general, says the Mr. Snowden will be brought to justice. Just as soon as we can find someone who can track his calls and read his emails.

Skepticism is forever whispering in your ears. You're very new at this. You may be mistaken. You've been wrong before.

Sacred scripture is like a mirror in which we see God, although each in a different way.

We all need friends with whom we can speak of our deepest concerns, and who do not fear to speak the truth in love to us.

Sometimes big things happen, and they echo. Those echoes crash across worlds. They are the ripples in the fabric of things. Often they manifest as storms. Reality is a fragile thing, after all.

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.

Compile your to-do list for tomorrow no later than this evening.

... the atlas is a manifold. This is a typical mathematician's use of the word "is", and should not be confused with the normal use.

I think we have every reason to hope for the best but expect and prepare for the worst.