His reply had that clarity$$$ objectivity and reasonableness which is possible only to advisers who have completely missed the point.

Education for immediate effective consumption is more popular than ever$$$ and nobody wants to think of the long term$$$ or the intellectual tone of the nation.

But what I knew then was that nobody-- not even my mother-- was to be trusted in a strange world that showed very little of itself on the surface.

If you are determined on the religious life$$$ you have to toughen up your mind. You have to let it be a thouroughfare for all thoughts$$$ and among them you must make choices.

Geordie wrote a letter to Mr. Webster in which the shrieking figure of Apology was hounded through a labyrinth of agonized syntax.

I seemed to be the only person I knew without a plan that would put the world on its feet and wipe the tear from every eye.

Myself: But wasn't the decision a right one? Am I not here? What more could Feeling have achieved than was brought about by Reason?

Having me in the dining-room was almost the equivalent of having a Raeburn on the walls; I was classy$$$ I was heavily varnished$$$ and I offended nobody.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Thought was a valuable thing$$$ that got results.