To many moderns, [love] is something that is only a part of us rather than something of which we are a part.

Love is the binding force on every level of existence.

Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters.

If you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining; If you want to be a saint, find one and hang out with him.

Envy, though not the greatest sin, is the only one that gives the sinner no pleasure at all, not even fake and temporary satisfaction.

The eye of the poet sees less clearly, but sees farther than the eye of the scientist.

The closer we are to God, to divine attributes - such as absolute truth, goodness, and beauty - the more we wonder. When we separate ourselves from truth, goodness, and beauty, we lose wonder and become cynical. The Enlightenment was basically the narrowing of our vision to a purely scientific, empirical, rationalistic worldview, screwing down the manhole covers on us so we became squinting underground creatures.