Worrying was painful .... but compared to the alternative, a privilege

You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back

Ma Baxter rocked complacently. They were all pleased whenever she made a joke. Her good nature made the same difference in the house as the hearth-fire had made in the chill of the evening.

New projects are interesting when goals are grounded by the hunger to discover and integrate. The elusive are made concrete in such ways

A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own self.

A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression.

Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught

There is nothing in this world constant, but inconstancy.

We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.

Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

Only you yourself can be your liberator!