“ Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution Jennifer Michael Hecht
“ When They Die We Change Our Minds About Them When they die we change our minds about them. While they live we see the plenty hard they’re trying,to be a star, or nice, or wise, and so we do not quite… Jennifer Michael Hecht
“ Jack Miles's wonderful literary reading of the Hebrew Bible as a biography of God offers the insight that after the Book of Job, God never speaks again. God may seem to silence Job, but Job silences G… Jennifer Michael Hecht
“ We are humanity, Kant says. Humanity needs us because we are it. Kant believes in duty and considers remaining alive a primary human duty. For him one is not permitted to “renounce his personality,” a… Jennifer Michael Hecht
“ [Based upon the message of "nothing new under the sun" in Ecclesiastes,] If nothing ever changes, then God has no plan. Jennifer Michael Hecht
“ How was life before Pop-Tarts, Prozac and padded playgrounds? They ate strudel, took opium and played on the grass. Jennifer Michael Hecht
“ Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring human beings into the only divinity there is. Jennifer Michael Hecht
“ Prayer is based on the remote possibility that someone is actually listening; but so is a lot of conversation. If the former seems far-fetched, consider the latter: even if someone is listening to you… Jennifer Michael Hecht
