It's time to demand that the faithful keep their personal choices, preferences and beliefs in irrational and sometimes dangerous things strictly private. Everyone is absolutely free to believe what they want, provided they do not harass others (or force, or kill them) .. But nobody has the right to insist on privileges simply because they are supporters of one or other of the world's many religions.'From: 'Gesels van een imaginaire god'('Scourges of an imaginary god').

Give preference to things of the greatest lasting value.

For whatever reason, there are people we like and people we don't like. It's hard to say why, and often a difficult opinion to change. Luckily, there's no steadfast rule stating that we must like everyone. But to keep from disliking ourselves, we should develop the good character to treat everyone kindly whether or not we deem them deserving.

The more sects we have the better. They are all getting somebody in (to the Church) that the others could not: and even with the numerous divisions we are all doing tolerably well.

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.

My preferences range from the gutter-like to the idyllically sublime, ideally with you roaming the range beside me...

Frozen yogurt is tastier than ice cream; nobody is too old for cartoons; bald men are sexy; chocolate is the best medicine; BIG books are better; cats secretly rule the planet; and everything should be available in the color pink, including monster trucks.

What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa.

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dearI like my toast done on one sid.