Adam Pomfret

“As I have said, human beings frequently disappoint.”
― David Bentley Hart, Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies

“The logic of the system they devised was to mitigate the consequences of our real imperfections, not to celebrate our imaginary perfection.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.

Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.

If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“We find it natural that we pay for a plumber or a mechanic, but demand our news for free. If we did not pay for plumbing or auto repair, we would not expect to drink water or drive cars. Why then should we form our political judgment on the basis of zero investment? We get what we pay for.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century