Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.

Life is about balance too much excess is chaos.

All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.

There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere. Moreover, human nature can easily deny God because the whole race has long been in rebellion against Him. Yet there is that in human nature which calls out to the supreme examples of virtue: owns, as it were, the intention of God who made it, and feels the unmistakable homesickness of the soul.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.

Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.

God wants us along for the victory, but it is His fight.