Quotes by Michael Novak

Michael Novak

Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society.

Atheism

Atheist

Sacred

Christ said: Blessed are the peace-makers, not blessed are the peace-sayers. If the world fell into the hands of totalitarian factions, there is still the possibility that they might fight amongst themselves. Surrender to them would not encourage the kingdom of peace and love – and those that desire it, or with passionate intensity permit it, know not what they do.

Blessed

Peace

War

Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.

Believe

Christian

Covenant

Command by instinct is swifter, subtler, deeper, more accurate, more in touch with reality than command by conscious mind. The discovery takes one’s breath away.

Discovery

Mind

Reality

Don’t be afraid of anything. We’ve seen so much suffering and evil in the 20th century and we got through it. We can go on. God is with us. God will help us. Trust Him.

Evil

Goes On

Suffering

Ending torture and tyranny in Iraq was not a mistake. Supporting democracy in Iraq is not a mistake. Helping the long-suffering Muslims of Iraq who now seek to live democratically is not a mistake. In the long, long history of the Middle East, this breakthrough may one day be ranked as a dramatic turning point in regional history.

Iraq

Long

Mistake

Even rock stars are entitled to privacy.

Privacy

Rocks

Stars

Everything I do that I’m enthusiastic about. This is genuine enthusiasm. If I don’t – I mean I’ve done other projects that I have not been a fan of until I realized I was doing it and I wasn’t really there. And I don’t do those anymore.

Done

Fans

Mean

Granted that I must die, how shall I live?

Dies

Granted

Purpose

I need not to be afraid of the void. The void is part of my person. I need to enter consciously into it. To try to escape from it is to try to live a lie. It is also to cease to be. My acceptance of despair and emptiness constitutes my being; to have the courage to accept despair is to be.

Acceptance

Despair

Lying

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Acceptance

Add

America

Appreciate

Atheism

Atheist

Believe

Blessed

Character

Children

Christian

Christianity

Civilization

Class

Compassion

Competition

Covenant

Deception

Default

Despair

Dies

Discovery

Diversity

Done

Dream

Empowering

Endurance

Escaping

Essence

Evil

Fall

Fans

Gdp

Goes On

Government

Granted

Happiness

Health Education

History

Holding On

Hopeful

Humans

Ideas

Individual

Iraq

Jobs

Judaism

Justice

Kindness

Knowing Oneself

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Quotes by Michael Novak

Michael Novak

Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society.

Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.

Command by instinct is swifter, subtler, deeper, more accurate, more in touch with reality than command by conscious mind. The discovery takes one’s breath away.

Don’t be afraid of anything. We’ve seen so much suffering and evil in the 20th century and we got through it. We can go on. God is with us. God will help us. Trust Him.

Even rock stars are entitled to privacy.

Everything I do that I’m enthusiastic about. This is genuine enthusiasm. If I don’t – I mean I’ve done other projects that I have not been a fan of until I realized I was doing it and I wasn’t really there. And I don’t do those anymore.

Granted that I must die, how shall I live?

I need not to be afraid of the void. The void is part of my person. I need to enter consciously into it. To try to escape from it is to try to live a lie. It is also to cease to be. My acceptance of despair and emptiness constitutes my being; to have the courage to accept despair is to be.

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