Quotes
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George Weigel

"History is driven, over the long haul, by culture - by what men and women honor, cherish, and worship; by what societies deem to be true and good, and by the expressions they give to those convictions in language, literature, and the arts; by what individuals and societies are willing to stake their lives on."

Source : George Weigel (2005). “The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God”, p.30, Gracewing Publishing

George Weigel

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“Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.”
“Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.”
“Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social.”
“God is in you as the ocean is in the wave.”
“Standing up here on the hill away from all humans - seeing these Wonders taking place before one's eyes - so silently... watching the silence of Nature. No school - no church - is as good a teacher as the eye understandingly seeing what's before it. I believe this more firmly than ever.”
“I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.”
“The question was, in a sense, at Princeton Review, how much value was I adding as a public company CEO. I was adding less than other people might've... I think you want to move on when you've given your best work and then feel that you're not going to add as much value moving forward.”

Source : "Founder Of The Princeton Review: 'I Hated Being A Public Company CEO'" by Alexandra Mondalek, www.businessinsider.com. July 17, 2013.
“What you call love does not sound very beautiful. Think of the way we adore the Throne. That adoration makes us the best version of ourselves. We feel encouraged to go further with or instincts, not to change ourselves for love. If I were yours and you were mine, I would want you to be exactly as you are. I would never eclipse you with my desires.”

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