It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.

All of salvation is to make us look good! We who are dirty, worn, broken, and sinful are to be the showcase of heaven.

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.