Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious. What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.

More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.

...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.

Each day presents a new opportunity to experience God's presence.

Other than heaven, the only place where one's heart is completely safe from the dangers of love is hell.

The pursuit of things robs me of investing more in the work of Christ.

Things changed with the discovery of neutron stars and black holes - objects with gravitational fields so intense that dramatic space and time-warping effects occur.

Moses, who said when the Red Sea parted, What the hell was that? I was just going in for a dip! Never got a dinner!

Bringing Mid-World to a new readership felt like a big responsibility, but I'm so glad that readers have enjoyed the story. That is a reward in itself.

[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.

We need to put in proper safeguards. How are we going to feel if somebody leases to the Taliban?