[One way] in which reflective human beings try, by placing their lives in a larger context, to give sense to those lives.… is by telling the story of their contribution to a community. This community may be the actual historical one in which they live, or another actual one, distant in time or place, or a quite imaginative one, consisting perhaps ( Read more... )

I managed to track down a quote I'd read once, and got a bunch more: Better no prayers than excessive offerings: a gift always seeks a recompense. Better no offering than an excessive sacrifice. So declared Thundr (Odinn) before man's memory began.
There is no better load a man can carry than much commonsense; no worse than too much drink.
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