I Think It Matters Almost Infinitely That

I Simply Wanted To Experience The Presence Of This Man Who Had Revolutionized My Understanding. After A While We Sat In Silence, Gazing At The Barren Canyon Walls. And The Mute Desert Seemed To Carry On Our Conversation For Us.

The Self Is Too Small An Object For Perpetual Enthusiasm.

Only While They Are Conforming Their Actions To The Model Of Some Archetypal Hero Do The Arunta Feel That They Are Truly Alive, For In Those Roles They Are Immortal. The Occasions On Which They Slip From Such Molds Are Quite Meaningless, For Time Immediately Devours Those Occasions And Reduces Them To Nothingness.

Rationalism And Newtonian Science Has Lured Us Into Dark Woods, But A New Metaphysics Can Rescue Us.

I Don't Want To Justify Religion In Terms Of Its Benefits To Us. I Believe That, On Balance, It Does A Lot Of Bad Things, Too - A Tremendous Amount. But I Don't Think That The Final Justification Of Religion Is The Good It Does For People. I Think The Final Justification Is That It's True, And Truth Takes Priority Over Consequences. Religion Helps Us Deal With What Is Most Important To The Human Spirit: Values, Meaning, Purpose, And Quality.