“All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.”

“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.”

“Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.”

“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”

“Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.”

“I’m done with all the stupid shit. I’m done with politicians, the rich taxing the poor. I’m done with organised religions, profiting off their prophets. I’m done with pop culture, making everything consumable. I’m done, I’m done, I’m done”