Things have their laws as well as men, and things refuse to be trifled with.
Oh, how precious is time! And how guilty it makes me feel when I think I have trifled away and misimproved it, or neglected to fill up each part of it with duty to the utmost of my ability and capacity
Entheogens are not to be lightly trifled with. . . However, if taken with the right attitude and in the proper setting, psychoactive drugs may produce religious experiences. . . . it is far less clear that they can produce religious lives.
Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with.
But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.