Boaz Dernlan

“People who insist upon dressing casually also want to think casually. And in a fallen world, thinking casually means being wrong more often than not.”
― Douglas Wilson, The Paideia of God: And Other Essays on Education

“People who expect the world to end very soon, and are planning on being raptured out of it, are not likely to be concerned about dominion over the earth, nor the application of God’s law to the whole of life. Moreover, if such people believe, as they do, that Satan rules the world, they will regard their responsibilities to the world as negligible, and the world as something to escape from.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, God's Plan For Victory: The Meaning of Postmillennialism

“The ground for the necessity of Christian schools lies in this very thing, that no fact can be known unless it be known in its relationship to God. And once this point is clearly seen, the doubt as to the value of teaching arithmetic in Christian schools falls out of the picture. Of course arithmetic must be taught in a Christian school. It cannot be taught anywhere else.”
― Douglas Wilson, The Case for Classical Christian Education

“You have to have that rare combination of thick skin and a tender heart. Most writers get it backward and have a tender skin and a thick heart... Every critic, however ill-informed, represents a point of view which is likely not limited to just him... Sometimes you will disagree with your critic, but you can always gain from him.”
― Douglas Wilson, Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life