Michael Novak

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

“The free person is responsible for his life and his liberty.”

“Sports are a magnificent metaphor for the human condition.”

“The family is the basic cell of society.”

“Without risk, there is no faith. Faith is precisely the willingness to risk.”

“Experience is a better guide than logic.”

“To be a person is to be a creator.”

“The first act of insight is to throw away the labels.”

“The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are.”

“Atheism is a form of faith, a faith in the nonexistence of God.”

“Socialism is an ancient dream, dreamed in the monastery, acted out in the family.”

“The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se.”

“Democratic capitalism is not a system of perfect justice, but it is the best yet devised by human beings.”

“Attention to the human soul is the beginning of politics.”

“The heart of the human person is a longing for the infinite.”

“Pluralism is not a synonym for relativism.”

“The modern state is a machine, not a person.”

“The foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.”

“The secret of the universe is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.”