So Confident

The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is God's position that they become dismissive and intolerant toward others and divisive forces in our national life.

-- John Danforth (1936 -), former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, former U.S. Senator (R-MO), and ordained Episcopal priest, Faith and Politics (2006) p. 10

The Day You Follow

The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.

-- Anthony de Mello (1931 - 1987), Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, and writer who became widely known for his books on spirituality, One Minute Wisdom (1989) Discipleship

A Collective Hunch

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

-- Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (1939 -), American actress, comedian, writer, and producer since the late 1960s, speaking as Trudy in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1985), written by Tomlin's spouse Jane Wagner

I Am Grateful

I have managed to conceal my madness fairly effectively, and as far as I know it hasn't hurt anybody badly, for which I am grateful.

-- William Saroyan (1908 - 1981), Armenian American author, My Heart's in the Highlands (1939)

Dissatisfied Unless

You can't satisfy everybody; especially if there are those who will be dissatisfied unless not everybody is satisfied.

-- Robert Nozick (1938 - 2002), American libertarian philosopher, Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) Ch. 10 : A Framework for Utopia; The Framework as Utopian Common Ground, p. 320

What Sides

If you wish to know someone, you need only observe that on which he bestows his care, and what sides of his own nature he cultivates.

-- John Kessel (1950 -), American author of science fiction and fantasy, Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance (2009) in Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan (eds.) The New Space Opera 2, p. 93

Risk

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. 

-- Warren Edward Buffett (30 August 1930 -), American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, currently chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, "The Three Essential Warren Buffett Quotes To Live By" forbes.com (20 April 2014)