Some people believe that - pardon my language - in order to be good Catholics, we should be like rabbits. No.
I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.
Republicans are people who, if you were drowning 50 feet from shore, would throw you a 25-foot rope and tell you to swim the other 25 feet because it would be good for your character. Democrats would throw you a hundred-foot rope and then walk away looking for other good deeds to do.
It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.
The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.
In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
Steven Spielberg is going to release a biopic about Abraham Lincoln next year. Right, that's a good way to honor Lincoln by sending people to the theater.
When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people.