There is a certain point of unity within the self, and between the self and its world, certain complicity and magnetic mating, a certain harmony, that conscious mind and will cannot direct. Perhaps analysis and the separate mastery of each… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
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. — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor. — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
Unity in diversity is the highest possible attainment of a civilization, a testimony to the most noble possibilities of the human race. This attainment… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord. — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
“The choice to remain faithful to the drive to question (the fertile source of the experience of nothingness) brings with it an obscure joy.… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
What is the most effective, practical way of raising the wealth of nations? What causes wealth? I have come to think that the dream… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
“During the next hundred years, the question for those who love liberty is whether we can survive the most insidious and duplicitous attacks from… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
No great, inspiring culture of the future can be built upon the moral principle of relativism. For at its bottom such a culture holds… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
