“people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change.”
“Let the liberal turn to the course of action, the course of all radicals, and the amused look vanishes from the face of society as it snarls, “That’s radical!” Society has good reason to fear the radical. Every shaking advance of mankind toward equality and justice has come from the radical. He hits, he hurts, he is dangerous. Conservative interests know that while liberals are most adept at breaking their own necks with their tongues, radicals are most adept at breaking the necks of conservatives.”
“Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.”
“The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.”
“I never dared be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old”
“A truly radical resolution would be to embrace existence just as it is, as the only thing that matters, to proclaim that the world itself is heaven, made for our total enjoyment and fulfillment...”