In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.

Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.

Granted that I must die, how shall I live?

Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures.

Marriage, the family unit, was the "original Department of Health, Education and Welfare."

The most critical threat to our freedom is a failure to appreciate the power of truth.

To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia.

Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor.

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.

...she could not stick by the golden mean...was always anxious to experiment in extremes...to find out what was enough by indulging herself in too much." (Gordon Lameyer)

The more you give, the more you can give.

Simplicity is boring, but i still love it.

Keep asking yourself, 'What kind of a company would my company be if everyone in it was just like me?'

I think [teacher] is the noblest profession.

More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

Michele Bachmann said that if she is elected president, she would consider eliminating the Department of Education because "the states could do a gooder job.

Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.

It will all work out in the end. You must keep faith in yourself, and leave the rest to God.

Do I suffer for my art? Well, I get a lot of flatulence when I'm nervous.