There ought not be two histories, one of political and moral action and one of political and moral theorizing, because there were not two pasts, one populated only by actions, the other only by theories. Every action is the bearer and expression of more or less theory-laden beliefs and concepts; every piece of theorizing and every expression of belief is a politcal and moral action.

Christians have given atheists less and less in which to disbelieve

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

The attempted professionalization of serious and systematic thinking has had a disastrous effect upon our culture

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?’

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

The good life for man is the life spent in seeking for the good life for man, and the virtues necessary for the seeking are those which will enable us to understand what more and what else the good life for man is.