Michael Novak Quotes & Sayings

“Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.”

“We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.”

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

“Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.”

“The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question.”

“To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia.”

“Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.”

“In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.”

“Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal.”

“In God's eyes, there's not before and after. Every moment of time is simultaneous to God.”