Certainty is usually a sign of pathology.

Threaten the balances of justice and you threaten the potential enlargements of mind and soul. Therefore justice is part of the safeguarding of the heart.

It began in images and it ended in symbolism.

Alienation and loneliness plant the seeds for rebellion and consciousness.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

The origin of corruption in politics is surely in the thought that you are the bearer of ultimate virtue.

If you make things sound inoffensively obvious, then it is likely that no one will listen.

Here I find a puzzle of great beauty: Canada works well in practice, but just doesn't work out in theory.

Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

To have died once is enough.

I don't consider myself a celebrity. That would be kind of sad.

God isn't trying to make our lives easier; He wants to make them more meaningful.

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

I always had an interest in space and the effect it had on you.

Whenever I investigate a smell, I find that the answer is always bad. It's never: 'What is that? *sniff* muffins!'

Make ones center of life inside ones self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity.

As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.