ya win some you lose some

"I'm fighting
so I can die a martyr
 and go to heaven
to meet God.
 Our fight
now
  is against the Americans."

 - Osama bin Laden

bottom line

I have been all things unholy.
If God can work through me,
he can work through anyone.

Francis of Assisi

where fools tread

“Have confidence
in the Providence
that
 so far has never
 failed us.
The way
is not yet clear.
Grope along slowly.
Do not press matters;
be patient,
be trustful.”

   -st. mother theodora guerin  (+1856)

i do declare

without philosophical bearings
science is like a drunken enraged blindman
like a child with no family
like a poet with no recourse to speak or write

yet another way

When some portion of the biosphere
 is rather unpopular with the human race–
a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm,
 an odd-shaped flint–
there are three sorts of human being
who are particularly likely still
to see point in it
and befriend it.
They are poets, scientists and children.
Inside each of us, I suggest,
 representatives of all these groups can be found.

-mary midgely

a profound melody within

“I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed,
never be nominated for a Grammy,
 never have a hit song,
 and that he hoped I’d fail.
I said to him,
(‘)Someday, when we’re not together,
you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee
at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.(')”   

-lady gaga

perspective in the mind of the beholder

for all galileo's effort
we still refer to
sunrise
and
sunset