There is a deep connection between Bernoulli's dictum and John Kelly's 1956 publication. It turns out that Kelly's prescription can be restated… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Vital parishes built on the Bible and the sacraments, committed to evangelizing their neighborhoods, will continue to flourish. The poor will be… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
If those arrangements [the fundamental arrangements of knowledge] were to disappear as they appeared... then one can certainly wager that man would… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
O Voltaire! O humanity! O idiocy! There is something ticklish in "the truth," and in the SEARCH for the truth; and if… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
People are tempted to think (understandably) that if God were really good He'd never allow any evil in the world at all.… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
He is no true reader who has not experienced the reproachful fascination of the great shelves of unread books, of the libraries… — George Steiner Copy Share Image