Without the law, you can't have society. But without the arts, you can't have civilisation

Meet every person with the assumption that they are your equal.

Tact is kind; diplomacy is useful; euphemism is harmless and sometimes entertaining

You shall create beauty not to excite the sensesbut to give sustenance to the soul.

I don't think you feel much of anything anymore.

Love is what happens when we forgive. I forgive Connor Evans. A part of me will always love him, but from this day on I won't hate him. Not for one minute. I forgive him because he gave me Max.

Grace means we don't need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they're working.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

I want to race as long as I'm having fun, it's competitive and healthy, and who knows when that, you know, date comes when that's not happening anymore.

Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift.

The Christian family is missionary: it announces the love of God to the world.

I know that whatever power Shelby Steele has always comes out of the writing. I'm not the greatest television pundit or the best public speaker, so it's my writing that's most important.

The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received.