In the business of scholarship, evidence is far more flexible than opinion. The prevailing view of the past is controlled not by evidence but by opinion.

Who can be ‘agents unto themselves’ if they are in bondage to others and have to accept their terms?

Self-justification, that was the danger – the exhilerating exercise of explaining why my ways are God’s ways after all.

In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star.

The unique value of Christianity lies in those things which would never in a million years occur to men if left to themselves.

Man’s dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate.

Why do people feel guilty about TV? What is wrong with it? Just this: it shuts out all the wonderful things of which the mind is capable, leaving it drugged in a state of thoughtless stupor.

Careerism is the determination to reign in hell rather than serve in heaven.

As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted.

You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit.