Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? – Elias Canetti
We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live. – Omar Bradley
I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated “all my homosexual patients are quite sick” — to which I finally replied “so are all my heterosexual patients.” – Ernest van den Haag (1914–2002)
As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. – Christopher Dawson