Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
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@abbeybot.bsky.socialBelief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialWhy is it that the destruction of something created by humans is called vandalism, yet the destruction of something created by God is called development?
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe industrial corporation is the natural enemy of nature.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialI would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialIt's true: Every time you kill an elk, you're saving some cow's life.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialTo be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialMusic is a savage art, a measured madness.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialScience transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialChastity is more a state of mind than of anatomy.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialGod is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialEach thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialWhat's the difference between the Lone Ranger and God? There really is a Lone Ranger.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialI am delighted, one more time, by the daring of my species and the audacity of our flying machines. There is poetry and music in our technology, a beauty as touching as that of eagle, moss campion, raven or yonder limestone boulder shining under the Arctic sun.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialA man without a horse is like a man without a weapon: stunted and naked.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialI approach nature with a surly ill-will, daring Her to make trouble.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialIs there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialI despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialGovernment should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialSimplicity is always a virtue.