Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society. Michael Novak More Quotes by Michael Novak More Quotes From Michael Novak Sports is, somehow, a religion. Michael Novak sports There is a bigotry rampant in America, against evangelicals. It is the last respectable bigotry. Michael Novak religious christian america What is the most effective, practical way of raising the wealth of nations? What causes wealth? I have come to think that the dream of democratic socialism is inferior to the dream of democratic capitalism, and that the latter's superiority in actual practice is undeniable. Michael Novak practice dream thinking Sports events do not really exist at all unless there is a certain order and fairness - justice in each event. Michael Novak justice sports order I need not to be afraid of the void. The void is part of my person. I need to enter consciously into it. To try to escape from it is to try to live a lie. It is also to cease to be. My acceptance of despair and emptiness constitutes my being; to have the courage to accept despair is to be. Michael Novak despair acceptance lying Christ said: Blessed are the peace-makers, not blessed are the peace-sayers. If the world fell into the hands of totalitarian factions, there is still the possibility that they might fight amongst themselves. Surrender to them would not encourage the kingdom of peace and love - and those that desire it, or with passionate intensity permit it, know not what they do. Michael Novak blessed war peace We talk about a civilization and love and we're seeing it at the end. So many people around the world are - that whole electronic band that Dostoyevsky imagined of love around the world - that every contribution, every moment of love, every act of kindness feeds that and is like a reservoir for somebody in need to draw upon. Michael Novak kindness civilization people Even rock stars are entitled to privacy. Michael Novak privacy rocks stars Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant. Michael Novak covenant christian believe Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn. Michael Novak judaism hopeful christian The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question. Michael Novak empowering christianity mind Ending torture and tyranny in Iraq was not a mistake. Supporting democracy in Iraq is not a mistake. Helping the long-suffering Muslims of Iraq who now seek to live democratically is not a mistake. In the long, long history of the Middle East, this breakthrough may one day be ranked as a dramatic turning point in regional history. Michael Novak iraq mistake long Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures. Michael Novak gdp character years Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal. Michael Novak individual christian ideas Command by instinct is swifter, subtler, deeper, more accurate, more in touch with reality than command by conscious mind. The discovery takes one's breath away. Michael Novak mind discovery reality In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny. Michael Novak default tyranny humans There is a certain point of unity within the self, and between the self and its world, certain complicity and magnetic mating, a certain harmony, that conscious mind and will cannot direct. Perhaps analysis and the separate mastery of each element are required before the instincts are ready to assume command, but only at first. Command by instinct is swifter, subtler, deeper, more accurate, more in touch with reality than command by conscious mind. The discovery takes one's breath away. Michael Novak self discovery reality It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a price upon Union and Liberty. Michael Novak support war history The universe moves in the direction of Liberty. Michael Novak moves direction universe liberty In God's eyes, there's not before and after. Every moment of time is simultaneous to God. Michael Novak eyes moment god time