“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the hairy primate at the mouth of the cave, screeching at the enemy, wishing it would go away, fingering the heavy stone that we’ll use the moment it comes close enough.”

Funny how we believe our own lies.

Today’s weakness is tomorrow’s failure.

The infinite – free, unbounded, full of joy – is our native state.

To the heart that knows contentment, every day is Thanksgiving.

Lord, be my rock of safety, the stronghold that saves me. For the honor of your name lead me and guide me.

And lo I am with you always, even to the very end of the age.

Pets are like infants that never grow up. Forever children. We love them for that.

A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against which she will judge all men.

If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

Spanking is a one handed round of applause in appreciation of a magnificent Ass.

Sometimes I’m in a mood like a Maths problem such as If you have pencils and apples, how many pancakes will fit on the roof? Purple, because aliens don’t wear hats

You always have time for the things you put first.

We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

Do not fear, for I am with you.

Evil men do what good men only dream of doing.

Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’

The primary imagination I hold to be the living power and prime agent of all human perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I Am.

The primary and most beautiful of nature’s qualities is motion

What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.

Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms.

Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking.

Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.