In the absence of good scientific data about the effects of artificial hallucinogens it's good to stick to the natural ones.
Christianity, to be effective in Japan, must change.
Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.
Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind.
A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face.
True religion should be able to respond to the dark melodies, the faulty and hideous sounds that echo from the heart of men.
Every weakness contains within itself a strength.
What can be better than to get out a book on Saturday afternoon and thrust all mundane considerations away till next week.
Being nearly naked around Barrons felt a lot like going to a shark convention lightly basted in blood.
Everything balled up into one: Beat Mexico and qualify. There's no better scenario.
The old dreams were good dreams; they didn't work out but I'm glad I had them.