Leo Strauss

God's reasons for communicating with man must be subsumed under his reason for communicating to him his account of his creation of the world - and man.

All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren't noticing, which makes you see something that isn't even visible.

God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.