Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity - Hanlon's Razor  010503 from JenJen My own corollary of above: Never attribute to malice what can be amply explained by a lack of self discipline - 010905 True cruelty takes effort.  Carelessness doesn't. - 010905 The spirit world is not a friendly place.  Neither is it an unfriendly one.  It is simply a place, much like this one, with its own rules and dangers. - 8/4/2003 No one is perfect.  No one deserves absolute imitation.  Everyone has their faults, and perceptions, which must be taken into account.  Even Jesus had a temper. - 8/4/2003 The dreams of an 18 year old and the realities of a 30 year old rarely align - 11/20/04 If people don't believe in something, they wind up believing in nothing - 3/4/2005