Antonin Scalia’s Suggestion for Harried People

Antonin Scalia didn’t get into Princeton University. That’s one of the many things I didn’t necessarily expect to learn reading On Faith: Lessons from an American Believer, a new collection of reflections and speeches by and about the late Supreme Court justice.

He brought it up during a 1998 talk to a group of students at his alma mater, Georgetown University. He used it as an example of trusting the hand of Providence and not being stubborn about your own will. He trusted he was a “better” man than he...