Wisdom from an Atheist

"In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to worship is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive."
-David Foster Wallace (self-described atheist)

"Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It is extremely difficult to stay alert and attentive instead of getting hypnotized by the constant monologue inside your own head."
-David Foster Wallace