Mystical, Living Tradition
March 7, 2007
Tradition, which some have called a dead thing, is really a thing far more living than the intellect. There is a dark kinship and brotherhood of all mankind which is much too deep to be called heredity or to be in any way explained in scientific formulae.
G. K. Chesterton “Christmas Books” <em>Appreciations</em>
Self-Sacrifice
February 16, 2007
“It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings
What’s worth defending?
January 10, 2007
“I do not love the bright sword for it’s sharpness, nor the arrow for it’s swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
