There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Faith is God's work within us.

Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.

When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

St Thomas (Aqinas) loved books and lived on books... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, ‘I have understood every page I ever read’.

The author challenges how much sanctity has to do with sameness, as he says saints are as different from each other as those in any group -- even murderers.

...this clumsy collision of two very impatient forms of ignorance was known as the quarrel of Science and Religion.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not in hand.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.

It's the not-yet in the now, the taste of the fruit that does not-yet exist, hanging the blossom on the bough.

Start loving now, and you start Heaven now.

Those of us who came to be Christians get to remember that forgiveness cost God the death of God's son. It's an expensive thing in many ways.

William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still.

I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.

Hamas is a political party and political parties don't recognize other countries.

A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.

I'd really love to live in New York for awhile. That's what I'm hoping to do.

We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere.