“ Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. ”
There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
~ G. K. Chesterton
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited but was defined before it existed.
