“When the Constitution actually mandates with regard to religion is two-fold: one, the non-establishment of a national church by an act of Congress, and two, non-interference with the free exercise of religion by Congress. Got that? No Church of the United States, comparable to the Church of Denmark, or the Church of England. When the …
Think Through the Point of Contact
“A decisive point is a place that is significant enough to matter to the enemy if you successfully take it, and insignificant enough to actually take. This means that the selected target is both strategic and feasible” (Rules, p. 22).
He Came as Clear Speech
“The Word did not come into the world in order to be degraded and unrecognizable” (God Rest Ye Merry, p. 70).
So Learn the Play They Are Running
“When they cheat, and we get angry, this is nothing less that us enabling their cheating to work, to have its intended effect. The appropriate response is for them to cheat, and for us to grin” (Rules, p. 22).
When Mary Counted His Fingers
“The absolute Truth, the one who fills all things (Eph. 1:23) condescended to a place where He would have to fill his diapers. This — to the refined and philosophical mind — was outrageous, impudent, and even blasphemous . . . The ultimate Truth suckled at His mother’s breast, had ten fingers and ten toes, …
Let Them Cheat
“Conservative activists who are surprised or indignant at the gross lop-sidedness of the whole system are being foolish because they are expecting the devil to be a gentleman. They are expecting him to fight clean, and to avoid every form of fighting dirty. What makes us think he might do that? . . . The …
The Final Answer in Swaddling Clothes
“Good Friday answers Nietzsche, Easter answers Schopenhauer, the Ascension answers Hegel, and Pentecost answers Spinoza. But Christmas is the final answer to Plato and Kant, and in many ways it is the foundational answer to all the others” (God Rest Ye Merry, p. 68).
The Applause Comes When He Has Been Dead Fifty Years
“The reformer cannot expect anything worthwhile to happen if all he hears is polite golf applause floating toward him from the establishment” (Rules for Reformers, p. 20)
Saving the Philosophers
“If you are going to rescue a lost race, one of the most important things you can do is deal with their know-it-alls who like being lost, just so long as they get to write books about it” (God Rest Ye Merry, p. 67).
Contrary Contrarians
“There are two kinds of non-conformity, and only one of them wears hipster glasses” (Rules for Reformers, pp. 19-20).