Most of the book deals with things we already know yet never learn.

“If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distil…”

“Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful,…”

“Might we begin then to transform our passing illuminations into abiding light?”

“Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grou…”