The Prayer Of The Agnostic: "o God,

No Idea Can Succeed Except At The Expense Of Sacrifice; No One Ever Escapes Without Enduring Strain From The Struggle Of Life.

The Epic Disappeared Along With The Age Of Personal Heroism; There Can Be No Epic With Artillery.

Good Humor Is A Philosophic State Of Mind; It Seems To Say To Nature That We Take Her No More Seriously Than She Takes Us.

Jesus Was The Greatest Religious Genius That Ever Lived.

He Whom God Has Touched Will Always Be A Being Apart: He Is, Whatever He May Do, A Stranger Among Men; He Is Marked By A Sign.