[A] good Christian does not care for miracles very much, because a miracle is God looking after His own affairs, and we prefer looking after them for Him.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to it.

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

...the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre.

You owe it to everyone you love to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world.

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

Once you've been first, it cannot be done again. Not by you, not by anyone else.

In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours.

I think we are used to being critical and evaluating ideas.

I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.

I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar.

A lot of people find themselves in the entertainment business - or perhaps society steers them toward it - because they're beautiful.

I guess I also see meditation as part of healthy living. It definitely is important for me to find some mental stillness.

...experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity.

I come from a place where you don't need to talk all the time. There are sign languages you learn.