What We Should Revere

“We can, at any moment, turn away from desecration and ask ourselves instead what inspires us and what we should revere ... We can turn our attention to the things we love – the woods and streams of our native country, friends and family, the ‘starry heavens above’ – and ask ourselves what they tell us about our lives on earth, and how that life should be lived. And then we can look on the world of art, poetry and music and know that there is a real difference between the sacrilegious, with which we are alone and troubled, and the beautiful, with which we are in company and at home.”

~Roger Scruton