Quote of the Day for 2016-02-13

"All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods."

— William James (1842-1910) Lecture at the Harvard Divinity School, March 13, 1884

The Oracle lattice by Justin DaCosta

Quote of the Day for 2016-01-24

"Whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first call promising."

— Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) Enemies of Promise, part 2, chapter 13

First Steps, after Millet by Vincent Van Gogh, while at Saint-Paul Asylum (January 1890)

Quote of the Day for 2016-01-15

"I have heard an atheist defined as a man who had no invisible means of support."

— John Buchan (1875-1940) Speech to the The Law Society of Upper Canada, February 21, 1936

Bizarro cartoon by Dan Piraro with Phil Witte (June 2, 2007)

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-22

"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist there is no God."

— Heywood Broun (1888-1939) "A New Preface to an Old Story," Broun's Nutmeg, August 19, 1939

Terry Gilliam's conception of God, purportedly based on cricketer W.G. Grace, from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.