“Ritual is really much older than thought; it is much simpler and much wilder than thought…. A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool.” G.K. Chesterton in Heretics

When some people discover that novelist Mark Helprin does not read the New York Times “They look at me as if I had just slaughtered Mary’s little lamb.” Helprin, quoted by Jay Nordlinger in National Review March 22 2004

“I cannot talk about anything without talking about everything.” G.K. Chesterton in “The Return of the Romans,” in The Resurrection of Rome, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 11 #4 (Jan.-Feb. 2008)

“It is impossible to dismiss the past. The challenge is to avoid becoming its prisoner.” Gordon Gibson in A New Look at Canadian Indian Policy

“In the most fundamental way, economics tells us that the answer to the question, ‘which one would you like?’ can never be both.” Michael Walker in Fraser Forum November 1995

“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“physicians may be divided into two groups. Most go by the book and make the correct diagnosis about 66 percent of the time. A few, however, approach each patient as a diagnostic challenge and make the correct diagnosis about 94 percent of the time. It is said that the former listen for the sound of horse’s hooves, while the latter, zebra’s…” Letter from Izzy Sommers, M.D. (retired) in Reader’s Digest Canadian Edition March 2005

“Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well-adjusted lives.” Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life