Der Papst ist der einzige Konzern-Vize, der seinen Chef nie zu sehen bekommt. Nicht einmal bei der Weihnachtsfeier.

Aus Lügen, die wir glauben, werden Wahrheiten, mit denen wir leben.

Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.

Wer lügt, hat die Wahrheit immerhin gedacht.

Umgangsformen sind Formen, die zunehmend umgangen werden.

Liebe macht nicht blind. Der Liebende sieht nur weit mehr als da ist.

Wer ein Theater füllen will, bedient sich der Dramaturgie. Um es zu leeren genügt Ideologie.

It is important not only to read God's Word but to interpret God's world in the light of the Word.

She had inherited a story that was strewn with corpses and clotted with enmity, and was only trying to stay alive in it.

I see walking bombs on the street Hearts not beating, but ticking

Older people do a better job of managing their impulses, and so they're better able to put off putting off.

CROWN Too much rain loosens trees. In the hills giant oaks fall upon their knees. You can touch parts you have no right to— places only birds should fly to.

There can be no doubt that the systematic hostility of the courts to religion has lowered the prestige of religion in the public mind.

Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart.

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.

We are here to celebrate the completion of the first survey of the entire human genome. Without a doubt, this is the most important, most wondrous map ever produced by human kind.

The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.