Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but with other readers.

I felt the breath of God go cold on my skin.

Paper remains the standard to which digital media can only aspire.

I do lend my books, but I have to be a bit selective because my marginalia are so incriminating.” --Alison Bechdel

It is not the amount of money or natural resources a nation has that determines how civilized it would be.

His resiliency was not the resiliency of the dumb but of a lamb who can remember hurt but cannot sustain the anger or the bitterness that brittles the heart.

Our daily conversation when we meet each other, whether it be in the office or on the campus or in the shop, should be concerned with the things of God.

David had left her, taking his insane jealousy with him.

Be curious! Curiosity is the mother of all knowledge.

My kid asked if he could borrow ten dollars. When I only gave him five dollars he said "Okay since you owe me the other five dollars we'll call it even."

Governments institutionalize something for nothing.

You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless.

Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.

Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.