One can be sophisticated and believe in God. Reason and intellect are not to be laid aside where matters of religion are concerned.

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.

If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?

Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ's sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world.

Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.

I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.

For in order for capitalism to work -- in order for it to produce a good and a stable society -- the traditional Christian virtues are essential.

In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.

You can't win a fight with a fight.

when the picture is too close to your face you lose the sight, when the future is too close to your face you see the light.

My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.

It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.

Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.

...compelling outdoor imagery always combines some kind of personal connection to nature and skillful technique. The former seems to be a form of grace, and the latter an act of the will.

There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.

Some days, it seems to me like the purpose of life is to convert energy into beauty.

Make me like a little child, Simple, teachable, and mild; Seeing only in Thy light; Walking only in Thy might!

It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur.