Straight people have it so much easier. They don’t understand. They can’t. There’s no such thing as openly straight.
It is. . . easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.
Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.
We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.
The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.
It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a relish for polite learning; and they are those which a sour undistinguishing critic generally attacks with the greatest violence.
If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our otherwise weak efforts. . . remember, you cannot give away that which you do not possess. Study the life of the master. You do not have to have a college degree to be an efficient teacher. But you do have to become acquainted with the life and teachings of the master to be an effective teacher in the church.
Our loneliness makes us avid column readers these days.
In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.