“Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorder.”

“Past and present religious atrocities have occured not because we are evil, but because it is a fact of nature that the human species is, biologically, only partly rational. Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorder.”

“Great rationalizations. All of which her adrenal gland middle-fingered and then carried right on.”

“Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.”

“There is some mercy after all in our design:a soft amnesia for the frequently mistreated,an adrenal surge for the cornered and outnumbered,a flash of light for the very nearly dead.”

“If we will walk humbly with our God, He will lead us by the hand to exactly who and what we need, to those people, things, and experiences He has designed and intended for us, and this alone will be the cause of our deep fulfillment and happiness.”