“If we were not called upon to work in order to survive, we might simply lie around all day doing nothing.”

“We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do.”

“We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.”

“There was nothing humane about humanity. At the end of the day, they were all
animals with only survival instincts.”

“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.”

“What do dogs do on their day off?; Can't lie around – that's their job!”

“We all do that. In every day life it’s called making excuses.”

“Adam was created righteous, acceptable, and without sin. He had no need from his labor in the garden to be made righteous and acceptable to God. Rather, the Lord gave Adam work in order to cultivate and protect the garden. This would have been the freest of all works because they were done simply to please God and not to obtain righteousness. … The works of the person who trusts God are to be understood in a similar manner. Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew. We have no need of works in order to be righteous; however, in order to avoid idleness and so that the body might be cared for an disciplined, works are done freely to please God.”

“How we are almost nothing. We think, in our youth, we are the centre of the universe, but we simply respond, go this way or that by accident, survive or improve by the luck of the draw, with little choice or determination on our part.”

“Love is not to be found in someone else but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.”