Human thinking depends on metaphor. We understand new and complex things in relation to the things we already know... once you pick a metaphor it will guide your thinking.

People are voting for the kind of country they want to live in, and there are different views about what kind of country we should have.

If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.

[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds.

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

It's a basic fact about being human that sometimes the self seems to just melt away.

Awe is the emotion of self-transcendence.