Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

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

When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.

If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.

I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

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.