Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty

Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.

Historic continuity with the past is not a duty, it is only a necessity

Studying the Bible and Praying should not be a 'duty', it should be as necessary as respiration.

As independent counsel you have only one narrow duty under the statute relating to the House's power of impeachment. That one duty ... is to objectively provide for the House substantial and credible information that may constitute grounds for impeachment.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running. Where it is lacking there are no real students, but only poor caricatures of apprentices who, at the end of their apprenticeship, will not even have a trade.