Because those events are so real that they cast their shadow forward and backwards through all time, whenever men think of these matters at all. Even if they are mired in ignorace, they will see...fragments of the Truth, as men imprisoned in a cave see shadows cast by the sun. Likewise, all men derive their moral intuitions from God; how not? There is no other source, just as there is no other way to make a wheel than to make it round.

Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good and ill.

Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people.

Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal.

Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit.

A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in the absence of police, thugs will gather into gangs.

Nothing's free and only the cheaper things can be bought with money.