How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?” Instead they say, “No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.” A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.” ― Carl Sagan     “The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three…

“Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” ― C.S. Lewis     “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis     “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe…

“Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.” -Carol Burnett “You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That’s an education in itself.” -Carol Burnett “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” -Carol Burnett “Because nobody goes though life without a scar.” -Carol Burnett “Everybody I know who is funny, it’s in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don’t like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of…