It is obvious that [leftists] are not cool-headed logicians systematically analyzing the foundations of knowledge. They are deeply involved emotionally in their attack on truth and reality.

Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation.

All history is modern history.

You've got to go to Boston, and you've got to go there NOW!!

Your destiny can only be defined by you.

Hope for the best, survive the worst, find humor wherever you can.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.

If we had helped a hundred children it would have all been worthwhile.

The breeze of God's grace is blowing continually. You have to set your sail to catch that breeze.

Satin and lace and brown velvet and the faint odor of violets. That was all which was left to him of his love.