The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
Decline starts with the replacement of dreams with memories and ends with the replacement of memories with other memories.
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see.