Quotes for All
J. Budziszewski is perhaps the clearest and most eloquent natural lawyer writing today. When reading his works I often find myself amazed by his insights and wondering, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ And then it dawns on me, ‘That’s what C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton do to me as well.’ The Line … Read more
In our country [US] equality means your liberal and freedom means you’re conservative. That tension is there and it can’t be handled on its own terms. It can’t be handled as you go out of that and go back into natural institutions or natural law or divine revelation. Something outside of the system has to … Read more
If God made the natural laws, why could he not violate them when it was a particularly significant moment for him to do so? And if you accept the idea that Christ was also divine, which I do, then his Resurrection is not in itself a great logical leap. Francis Collins
I examined my Liberalism and found it like an addiction to roulette. Here, though the odds are plain, and the certainty of loss apparent to anyone with a knowledge of arithmetic, the addict, failing time and again, is convinced he yet is graced with the power to contravene natural laws. The roulette addict, when he … Read more
Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus’ wounds, verified Muhammad’s ascent to heaven, and even interacted with their respective deities directly. Today, believers have no such luxury. They are forced to rely on blind faith that these things occurred, that people were at one time able to … Read more
For all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price – that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It’s about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, … Read more
Chaos was the natural law of the universe. Indifference was the engine of entropy. Man’s apathy was the fertile ground in which the dark spirits tended their seeds. Dan Brown
Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws. Constantin Stanislavski
There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute. Conrad Hilton
How do you change what you believe when your experience has convinced you otherwise? By creating a new experience. The best way for you to get that new experience is to change your response to what happens. By the natural law of cause and effect, that new response will create new results, which you will … Read more