I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
Science tells theology about the structure and history of the universe and its evolutionary nature. Religious insight can set the laws of nature in a more profound context of understanding, so that their deep order, rational beauty and anthropic fine-tuning become intelligible.
If we sincerely want to become a liberated person, then we have to be willing to be independent in a world where so few truly think for themselves.
God laughs when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, ‘This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’
