Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watchin

