It's often difficult for us to act compassionately, but sacred art eases the difficulty by ennobling us.

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I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons...

I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons...

Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can...

Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can...

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social...

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on...

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on...

The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of...

The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of...

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of...

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of...

In order to live man must believe in that for which he lives.

In order to live man must believe in that for which he lives.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand,...

Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand,...

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because...

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because...

Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are...

Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are...

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest...

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest...

Mind is the battery cell, Intelligence is the switch.

Mind is the battery cell, Intelligence is the switch.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military...

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the...

History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the...