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

The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

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

Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.