The Society Which Scorns Excellence In Plumbing

One Of My Less Pleasant Chores When I Was Young Was To Read The Bible From One End To The Other. Reading The Bible Straight Through Is At Least 70 Percent Discipline, Like Learning Latin. But The Good Parts Are, Of Course, Simply Amazing. God Is An Extremely Uneven Writer, But When He's Good, Nobody Can Touch Him.

For Every Talent That Poverty Has Stimulated It Has Blighted A Hundred.

History Never Looks Like History When You Are Living Through It. It Always Looks Confusing And Messy, And It Always Feels Uncomfortable.

Life Is An Endless Process Of Self-discovery.

The [nonprofit] Sector Is The Natural Home Of Nonmajoritarian Impulses, Movements And Values. It Comfortably Harbors Innovators, Maverick Movements, Groups Which Feel They Must Fight For Their Place In The Sun, And Critics Of Both Liberal Conservative Persuasion.