By becoming aware of the dignity of the mind, we realize the true ground of the dignity of man and therewith the goodness of the world, whither we understand it as created or uncreated, which is the home of man because it is the home of the human mind.

The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to nihilism - nay, it is identical with nihilism.

The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas.

The facile delusions which conceal from us our true situation all amount to this: that we are, or can be, wiser than the wisest men of the past. We are thus induced to play the part, not of attentive and docile listeners, but of impresarios and lion-tamers.

God's reasons for communicating with man must be subsumed under his reason for communicating to him his account of his creation of the world - and man.

Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books.

By becoming aware of the dignity of the mind, we realize the true ground of the dignity of man and therewith the goodness of the world, whither we understand it as created or uncreated, which is the home of man because it is the home of the human mind.