Reason alone cannot give you a whole steak, but it sure helps with identifying bologna.

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

We sin because we see sin as a bargain. We unconsciously calculate that it’s worth it, that it pays.

God allows unjust disparities between rich and poor because He does not miraculously intervene to establish justice against human wills. Also, discrepancies are not unjust by themselves; justice does not mean equality of result but equality of opportunity.

We are artists, because God is.

The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.

Peace is a mark of the Holy Spirit.