To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such a way that it is truly the creature that provides the response, with its own nature and its natural powers of love. Hans Urs von Balthasar choosecreaturefaith share on social
To be sure, the United States has profound problems, not least our faltering educational and physical infrastructure. Eric Liu educationalfalterinfrastructure Change image and share on social
To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority. Morris Raphael Cohen acceptauthoritymajority Change image and share on social
To be sure, those who are actually engaged in combat - those who actually see the maimed bodies and mourning mothers - struggle more than the rest of us to make sense of the reality of war. Stanley Hauerwas bodycombatengage Change image and share on social
To be sure, we should all eat right, brush our teeth, and cut down on sweets, but that will hardly help us if we're born with a condition that requires expensive treatment. Thomas Frank bearbrushcondition Change image and share on social
To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our soul, much less to enter it. Our No-Man's-Land is hedged about with a wire entanglement of insincerities. And often we take refuge in a temperament, a pose, or a mystic mood. Ameen Rihani entanglemententerhedge share on social
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. Jose Ortega y Gasset beginsurpriseunderstand Change image and share on social
To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect. Lu Xun comeconclusiondefect Change image and share on social
To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating. Ronald Firbank debilitatediscriminationsympathetic Change image and share on social
To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while. Joshua Slocum accountdiligencelaw Change image and share on social
