“Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.”
“Our moral decisions about ourselves can be spiritual. Our moral decisions about other people can only be practical.”
“I find when most people are honest about their spiritual pilgrimage, they admit to the difficulty of maintaining the habit of a spiritual discipline. What attracks me most about the Anglican spiritual tradition is that it provides purposeful spiritual direction in the life of Christ.”
“Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles.”
“Longings. What is there to say about longings that hasn't already been said?”
“She hasn't known many Southerners. That twang and aw-shucks about him--it's sort of exotic.”