[T]here [is] no limit to what might not be achieved by an alliance between an imperial monarchy and revelations, if truly believed to be heaven-sent, of a prophet.

[T]he greater the sense of awe with which a text was regarded, the more complete might be the amnesia as to the original circumstances of its composition.

Winners are the favourites of heaven.

The first nation to separate Christianity from government produced perhaps the most religious nation on earth.

Bad things always happen in three.

May my weakness not drive me to my knees in despair, but raise me up to You, Lord.

And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world.

I loved what Brigitte Bardot represented in the 60's. Definite favourite.

Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.

There is something about guitars—maybe something magical—when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal.

How long will it be before the cry goes up: "Let's kill all the judges"?

Nature Boy, whats that? Do you run around the forest like Euell Gibbons, eating bark or something?

I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.