Quotes

Therein lies the key to understanding pretty nearly every expression of traditional Japanese culture: the passionate attention to form and process. The results are

Despite his immersion into science, or perhaps because of it, Leonardo had developed an ever-deepening appreciation for the profound spiritual mystery of our place

Although he had been devout as a young man, praying fiercely at King’s College, his religious faith had ebbed during the Revolution. Like other

We are a nation without memory, wandering through the cosmos without knowing who we were, what we could be, or even aspire to be-

The former Episcopalian Christian minister William Graham Sumner (1840–1910) became in 1872 a professor of political economy at Yale College and America’s most forceful

what helped win James and Grossman over was its board of directors. In addition to Shultz and Mattis, it now included former secretary of

In the struggle between you and the world, bet on the world.

Flirting with madness was one thing, when madness started flirting back, it was time to call off the whole thing.

Mr. Berggruen is a single father to two 1-year-olds, born from one egg donor and two surrogate mothers. “When you’re a bit older, you

“This is the only country where you can’t eat the animals you own. If you kill an ox you can go to jail for