Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.

The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment.

Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change.

A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s).

The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.

Solitude is the place of purification.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

To love God truly, one must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God and does not love his fellow-man, you will know that he is lying.

Neither boost about your own strength nor dignity but the sacred grace of God.

Life is a lonely business

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail.

We should not clap our hands and mourn, for he is out of trouble. You are still in it.

[John Lewis] really created something that - that he didn't need to

Our military doesn't defend our American people. Our military is the strong-arm muscle of corporations.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

Our searches for numerical order lead as often to terminal nuttiness as to profound insight.

One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.