"Roses are red, violets are blue,

monkeys like you, belong in the zoo."

A. Nony Mouse.

 

 "To express oneself clearly requires complete certainty

about what one has to say."

Peter Phillips, Conductor

Quoted in "From Heavenly Harmony," in Touchstone,

March/April 2015.

 

"A person who favors equality

is willing to accept lower efficiency,

while those who favor efficiency

focus on growing the pie rather than cutting it evenly."

R.R. Reno

"Liberalism's Future" in First Things, January 2016.

 

"All you need is love. 

But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."

Charles M. Schulz

 

"Ultimately, families set the moral agenda for their children,

and teachers attempting to serve as moral agents

in ways that run counter to the belief of their students' families

should be careful not to overstep their bounds."

Malcolm Rivers

"Re-Educate for America" in First Things, January 2016.

 

"Music powerfully informs us,

in the sense of inwardly forming our character.

Man is what he hears,

and should reform his listening habits accordingly."

James Altena

"Listen Upwards" in Touchstone, January/February 2016.

 

 "People move, they become travelers,

when their mission or their need

lies somewhere other than where they are."

William E. Graddy

"Our Christmas Home" in Touchstone,

November/December 2015.

 

"By their monument and parades ye shall know them."

Anthony Esolen

"The Athenian Festival" in Touchstone,

November/December 2015.

 

"A miracle is not meant to pervert nature,

but to restore or elevate it --

that is, that a true miracle is always worked

from above nature."

S.M. Hutchens

"Fear and Transplanting" in Touchstone,

January/February 2016.

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