They learned to have a very high opinion of God and a very low opinion of His works—although they could tell you that this world had been made by God Himself. What they didn’t see was that it is beautiful, and that some of the greatest beauties are the briefest.

How do we submit? By not being radical enough. Or by not being thorough enough, which is the same thing.

If we do not serve what coheres and endures, we serve what disintegrates and destroys.

It is better to buy from a small, privately owned local store than from a chain store. It is better to buy a good product than a bad one. Do not buy anything you don't need. Do as much as you can for yourself. If you cannot do something for yourself, see if you have a neighbor who can do it for you. Do everything you can to see that your money stays as long as possible in the local community.

Willing to die you give up your will; keep still, until moved by what moves all else, you move.

It is, of course, one of the miracles of science that the germs that used to be in our food have been replaced by poisons.

Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.