We are waiting not for a Godot but for another-doubtless very different-St. Benedict.

I can only answer the question ‘What am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?’

Christians have given atheists less and less in which to disbelieve

It is only by participation in a rational, practice-based community that one becomes rational.

Truth has been displaced as a value and replaced by psychological effectiveness.

At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.

[M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under minimal constraints.

The way to bring out the best in the British people is to attack them.

What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means.

Facts, like telescopes and wigs for gentlemen, were a seventeenth century invention.

Morality which is no particular socity's morality is to be found nowhere.

In the war room, love? What if someone comes in?”I stood and removed his shirt. “Then they’ll have a good story to tell.”“Good?” He adopted the pretense of being offended.“Prove me wrong.

She has a charm that is incomparable. She has a beautiful heart that flows with love. And she has a sensitive soul that enthralls with magic. She was the spark I had been waiting for all my life.

If you want to get results in your life try with comedy... first pressure then apply comedy. Always it shallow the shitty life-pressure!

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning—raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

Makeup artists are always giving me their stuff. My favorite thing is free stuff. I'll take anything.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

The assertion that everyone benefits simultaneously from free trade is simply incorrect.

My vocal cords lived their own life, wild and free.

The happiest people are those who are contributing to society.