Between certainty and the real, an ancient enmity.
The small Hitlers are around us every day.
It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.
A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.
The second corruption of the state is oligarchy (oligos = few), in which the military elite is narrowed down to a few ruling families of immense wealth and prestige, who now openly flaunt their wealth and possessions.
Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.
Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.
An author arrives at a good style when his language performs what is required of it without shyness.
The immortality of great art seems bound up with the inevitable loss of its original surface meaning and its rebirth in the spirit of every new age.
When I look back on it, I think, "Why didn't you stop the cruelty earlier?" To stand back was contrary to my upbringing and nature. When I stood back as a noninterfering experimental scientist, I was, in a sense, as drawn into the power of the situation as any prisoners and guards.
Never lose heart in the power of the gospel.