“What is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.”
“It was a mark of Constantine's political genius and flexibility that he realized it was better to utilize a religion(Christianity) that already had a well-established structure of authority as a prop to the imperial regime rather than exclude it as a hindrance.”
“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”
“Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.”
“It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.”
“The "self," it seems today, is at the core of the nation's worldview rather than others (the common good), or God.”