“When you are right, you cannot be too radical; When you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
“But the Church cannot be, in any political sense, either conservative or liberal, or revolutionary. Conservatism is too often conservation of the wrong things: liberalism a relaxation of discipline; revolution a denial of the permanent things.”
“You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way”
“You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!”
“You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!”
“Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is blind and often knows only its own past. Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.”