Author complains about "the further submergence of irrecoverable history into a perpetually churned present.

The most capricious modern entitlement is not just Social Security but to self-esteem.

Institutions are lengthening shadows of strong individuals.

Government could avoid having opinions about so many things if it would quit subsidizing so many things.

Get evangelical Christian made them receptive to the possibility of redemption in the here and now.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, "What you are doing is none of my business" and "What I am doing is none of your business.

Matthew Arnold was a fastidious social critic and hence an accomplished complainer. When he died, an acquaintance said: "Poor Matt, he's going to Heaven, no doubt – but he won't like God.

National Review's premise was that conformity was especially egregious among the intellectuals, that herd of independent minds.

All is waiting and all is work; all is change and all is permanence.

A picture should be a re-creation of an event rather than an illustration of an object; but there is no tension in the picture unless there is a struggle with the object.

The worker is far more important to our Lord than the work.

No man should have proprietary rights over land who does not use that land wisely and lovingly.

When I was in school, my former roommate went through hazing. I heard the stories, but I don't think I've seen a movie that captures the stuff that goes on.

You must accept that you can change and that a pattern of principles adhered to and used repeatedly will not only direct your life, but change it permanently.

Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience.

Time is a need of the miserable mind. Time is a creation of misery. If you are happy there is no time - time disappears.

The art of making art, is putting it together.

The Moon, the dried weeds and the Pleiades - Seven feet tall the dark, dried weed stalks make a part of the night a red lace on the milky blue sky