“Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if ...” — Umberto Eco Quote

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.

La risa mata el miedo, y sin miedo no puede haber fe, porque sin miedo al diablo ya no hay necesidad de Dios

We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.

I mostri esistono perché fanno parte del disegno divino...

When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.

In schools, churches and local communities, Americans are participating in their democracy by getting others to as well.

There's a reason why the cultures of so many Chinatowns around the world in some ways are more Chinese. They've held onto older Chinese rituals, traditions, and symbols in ways that, if you go back to China today, they're not holding on to. They're getting married in white dresses and in churches.

I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial painting and polychrome sculpture. And that was all I saw. There was not a single modern painting in any museum, not a Picasso, not a Braque, not a Chagall. The museums had Colombian painters from the eighteenth century and, of course, I saw Pre-Columbian art. That was my exposure.

This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.