EXISTENCE 
WITHOUT  GOD 

Quote for the Day - July 25, 2010

"The best proof of God's existence is what follows when we deny it."

William L. Sullivan, Epigrams and Criticisms in Miniature [1936]

DOGMATIC  STATEMENTS

Quote for the Day - July 24, 2010


"The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism."


Sir William Osler [1849-1919], Montreal Medical Journal, September 1902, page 696


Photo-portrait of William Osler - from Wikipedia

SUMMER 

AFTERNOON 

Quote for the Day - July 23,  2010


"Summer afternoon -
summer afternoon;
to me those have been
the two most beautiful words
in the English language."


Henry James [1843-1916] in Edith Wharton Backward Glance (1934), chapter 10

TAKE A SEAT

Sometimes it’s smarter
to just sit there,
to just sit there
and watch the world go by. Try it.
Next time you’re at the Mall
look for those seats that
are strategically placed,
here and there along
the walking areas.
Sit. Watch. Look. Spy.
You’ll see much more
than if you’re just
one of the walkers,
one of the people on stage.
Try it next time you’re
at a funeral, wedding or family picnic.
Sit. Watch. Look. Spy.
Smile, because sometimes
you’ll catch someone else
just sitting there,
just doing the same thing,
just looking right at you.
Smile. Wave or wink to them
Life is good.
Life can be always interesting.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2010

Picture taken from the "Balcony"

of the Temppeliaukio Rock Church

in Helsinki, Finland, 2009

LOVE THERE –

ALWAYS THERE

Love, floating towards us
like a swan on a mirror lake;
or love, like a child seeing
us coming in the door and rushing
across the room to hug us;
love, like a surprise phone call,
or a note or a wave or a beep
from a car as we walk up the street;
love, love signs, blessed sacraments
that God is in the slow as well as
the rush of life – not just in the crush
of death and disappointments.
Thank you God. Thank YOU.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2010

THE CONSEQUENCES 
OF  FACTS

Quote for the Day - July 22, 2010


"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."


Aldous Huxley [1894-1963], Proper Studies (1927), "Note on Dogma".


Drawing from somewhere. Sorry I don't remember where I spotted this D.G. K. drawing.

SINS 

RECOVERY

Quote for the Day - July 21,  2010


"You don't make up for your sins in church; you do it in the street, you do it at home. The rest is bs and you know it."


Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin in Mean Streets - a 1973 movie - in Michael Bliss, Martin Scorcese and Michael Cimino (1985), chapter 3