Saturday, February 16, 2008

“Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?”

Jon Bonjiovi a.k.a. Bon Jovi

Monday, February 11, 2008

“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts...."

--Richard Feynman

Friday, February 8, 2008

God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of His kingdom made manifest; He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds.......

----Giordana Bruno, 1584, Last words before being Executed by the Inquisition.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

The Hidden Warrior

I've been beaten down, I doubt
By the words of men with no moral ground
Caged in a citadel of my self doubts
A free bird, my mind shackeled and bound

To remind me of all that's real
I spent a day by the flowing river
Something about the way air stood still
motionless and cold, makes me shiver

I see a familiar face in the water
humble, ragged but willing to fight
I saw the will of a warrior
His yoke is easy, His burden is light

He looked, straight in the eye
unwavering and steady, he held his sight
Unspoken words, concise to remind me
To always be just, do what was right

Slowly the face fades away, lost in the ripples
And I turn, the journey is long and I see my way
Next time i see this face, i'll ask
So won't you come inside And never go away

Inspired by the times I've been trampled on
It's my pride now, which sings a vengeful song
I closed my eyes, I begin to pray
Give me strength O Lord, to fight another day

A hidden strength flows through me
I know I'll have to walk alone
I know not what the stars have destined
All I know I might not make it home

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.......

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Ptolemy,c.150 AD

Monday, February 4, 2008


The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.....

---George Bernard Shaw