“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.”
“These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit,' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles.”
“Teaching Fire a LessonFire is hot. That's what it does. If you get burned by fire, you can be annoyed at yourself, but being angry at fire doesn't do you much good. And trying to teach the fire a lesson so it won't be hot next time is certainly not time well spent. Our inclination is to give fire a pass, because it's not human. But human beings are similar, in that they're not going to change any time soon either.”
“Obsessive contemplation of negative thoughts is like playing with fire.�”
“So hot the pages should be on fire! [on Pleasures of the Night ]”
“I'm playing with fire, with something I don't understand.”