On Good from Evil
Now the fact that God can make complex good out of simple evil does not excuse … those who do the simple evil. … Offenses must come, but woe to those by whom they come; sins do cause grace to abound, but we must not make that an excuse for continuing to sin. — C.S. […]
Death of a Nation
If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere ease of life, then we shall indeed reach a condition worse than that of the ancient civilisations in the years of their decay. — Theodore Roosevelt
On Peace
To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. — George Washington
Are We Settling for Less than the Best?
… our desires [are] not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a […]