"Life's too short for chess."

"If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so."

"The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience."

"Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others."

"Well may we say God save the Queen, because nothing will save the Governor-General."

"Sometimes, when one person is absent, the whole world seems depopulated"

"The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion."

"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible."

"Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works."

"A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes."

"For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing."

"Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child."