I’m for the separation of state and economics, just as we have the separation of the state and religion.

Ayn Rand, Interview with Mike Wallace, 1959

“Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.”

-Jaroslav Pelikan

And the day came
when the risk to remain
tight in the bud
became more painful
than the risk it took
to blossom.
-anias nin